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Wealth for the Wealthy and Consumption for the Masses

Taxes And Billionaires
What’s Left Out Of Recent Wall Street Journal And Paul Krugman Stories
 • Eugene Steuerle
The Depreciation of U.S. Human Capital
 • Eugene Steuerle
Senator Romney Versus The Wall Street Journal
The bigger story
 • Eugene Steuerle
What Liberals Miss From The Recent Healthcare Debate: People Feel Entitled But Not Empowered By Many Government Transfers
In a recent column, I outlined a dilemma that arises when a society allocates a substantial share of its growth in both personal and national income to…
 • Eugene Steuerle
How Cuts In Taxes On Capital Income Neglected Wealth Building For Much Of The Population
As I detail more thoroughly in Abandoned: How Republicans And Democrats Have Deserted The Working Class, The Young, And The American Dream, two Santas…
 • Eugene Steuerle
Bill Clinton, Globalization, And Channeling Economic Forces
The Neglect of the Working Class Has Been Decades in the Making
 • Eugene Steuerle
Why Taxing The Wealthy Is Not Enough
Even Autocratic Governments Support "Wealth for the Wealthy And Consumption For The Masses"
 • Eugene Steuerle
Restoring Equal Opportunity To The Top Of The Government’s Agenda
What My New Book, Abandoned, Is All About
 • Eugene Steuerle
A Way Out Of Today's Political Morass
It's Going To Take Some Consensus On A Long-Term Vision, Not Just Which Party Wins The Next Election
 • Eugene Steuerle
The Trump “Skinny Budget:” Gutting Vital Programs With Limited Impact On Overall Spending, Domestic Spending, and Debt Growth
Author’s estimates based on OMB Historical Tables and CBO Budget and Economic Data. Note: The graph reflects current law before any new legislation in…
 • Eugene Steuerle
A Universal Basic Wage Would Support The Working Class Directly--By Supporting Work*
Indirect Approaches Are Target Inefficient And Often Counterproductive
 • Eugene Steuerle
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