Policy
Why cost-benefit analysis of tax regulations has failed, and how to fix it (opens in a new tab)
Blog SEP 30, 2020
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Greg Leiserson is a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Previously, he was the director of tax policy and chief economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. from Swarthmore College.
Authored by Greg Leiserson
Policy
The coronavirus recession highlights the importance of automatic stabilizers (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs JUN 30, 2020
By: Greg Leiserson
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
Taxing wealth by taxing investment income: An introduction to mark-to-market taxation (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs SEP 11, 2019
By: Greg Leiserson, Will McGrew
Taxation
Policy
The distribution of wealth in the United States and implications for a net worth tax (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs MAR 21, 2019
By: Greg Leiserson, Will McGrew, Raksha Kopparam
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Taxation
Policy
Wealth taxation: An introduction to net worth taxes and how one might work in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs JAN 23, 2019
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
A framework for economic analysis of tax regulations (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs DEC 20, 2018
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
Slide presentation: How should Treasury and the IRS conduct cost-benefit analysis of tax regulations? (opens in a new tab)
Blog SEP 20, 2018
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
Slide presentation: Cost benefit analysis of tax regulations (opens in a new tab)
Blog AUG 8, 2018
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
U.S. tax policy for equitable growth (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs JUN 14, 2018
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
Assessing the economic effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs APR 17, 2018
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
Presentation: U.S. Inequality and Recent Tax Changes (opens in a new tab)
Blog FEB 22, 2018
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
The Tax Foundation’s treatment of the estate tax in its macroeconomic model (opens in a new tab)
Blog DEC 4, 2017
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
The Tax Foundation’s score of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (opens in a new tab)
Blog NOV 9, 2017
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
The ‘Unified Framework’ is a proposal for two new wasteful tax expenditures (opens in a new tab)
Blog OCT 19, 2017
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
Why is the federal business-level tax rate on capital so low? (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs OCT 5, 2017
By: Greg Leiserson
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Taxation
Policy
U.S. tax cuts for the rich won’t deliver gains for everyone (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs SEP 21, 2017
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Policy
Issue brief: If U.S. tax reform delivers equitable growth, a distribution table will show it (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs SEP 21, 2017
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Media Mentions
The best stimulus idea Democrats are leaving on the table (opens in a new tab)
In the News FEB 22, 2021
Media Mention in:
Vox
How the coronavirus has widened the chasm between rich and poor (opens in a new tab)
In the News SEP 24, 2020
Media Mention in:
NBC News
Economic Crisis? Not For Everyone (opens in a new tab)
In the News SEP 5, 2020
Media Mention in:
HuffPost
Greg Leiserson’s Working Papers
Academic
A Price-Based Approach to Distributing Taxes on Business Income (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers DEC 21, 2020
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
Academic
Distribution Analysis as Welfare Analysis (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers JUN 9, 2020
By: Greg Leiserson
Taxation
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