Tax Policy, Deficits and Debt [UPDATED]

How America Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Deficits and Debt
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/upshot/how-america-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-deficits-and-debt.html

Budget Deficits Still Matter

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-19/budget-deficits-still-matter-sorry-mmt-proponents

How High-Tax Countries Tax

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-19/high-tax-countries-make-more-people-pay-taxes

Justin Fox notes:

“They don’t tax wealth much, their income taxes are high but not very progressive, and they rely a lot on consumption taxes.”

The Economist on ‘Millennial Socialists”

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/02/14/millennial-socialists-want-to-shake-up-the-economy-and-save-the-climate

Taxes and Economic Performance

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2019/02/12/do-tax-increases-always-contract-economies/

Amazon paid no federal taxes on $11.2 billion in profits last year

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/16/amazon-paid-no-federal-taxes-billion-profits-last-year/

How Can We Tax Footloose Multinationals?

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/corporate-tax-avoidance-end-transfer-pricing-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2019-02

Bill Gates on the US Tax Policy Debate
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-17/gates-says-capital-gain-taxes-best-way-to-tap-big-fortunes