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Inequality as Policy: The United States Since 1979

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Since the end of the 1970s, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in economic inequality. While the United … circumstances but is the direct result of a set of policies designed first and foremost to increase inequality. …

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Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

The OECD recently published a lengthy volume examining the causes of rising inequality in most wealthy countries over … the last three decades. This paper examines that study, finding that the OECD misses most of the story of inequality … most of the benefits of rising inequality were concentrated much further up the income ladder. In contrast to the OECD …

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The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age

Baker, Dean; Rosnick, David - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

Social Security benefits will have the effect of increasing inequality. …

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Employer Responsibility in Health Care Reform: Potential Effects on Low- and Moderate-Income Workers

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Leading health care reform proposals all require individuals to obtain health care coverage, but differ in how they would require employers to share in the costs of coverage for their employees. This report reviews the employer responsibility requirements in the leading proposals—often...

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Free Ride: The Senate Health Bill’s Approach to “Employer Responsibility” Means Some Large Employers Get to Take It Easy

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Leaders in both the House and the Senate have committed to "shared responsibility" as a basic principle of health care reform, meaning that the costs of health care coverage are shared by individuals, businesses, and the public sector. However, as this issue brief documents, the Senate version...

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Reimbursement Roulette: The Baucus Bill’s Too Playful Approach to “Play-or-Pay” in Health Care Reform

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Two of the three leading health care reform proposals being considered by Congress—the House “Tri-Committee” health care reform legislation and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s reform legislation—include sensibly designed “play-or-pay” provisions...

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The Wealth of Households: An Analysis of the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances

Rosnick, David; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

Finances (SCF). It shows that the upward redistribution of wealth continued between 2010 and 2013. As a result, most households …

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Scrapping the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap: Who Would Pay More?

Schmitt, John; Woo, Nicole; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

There is currently $2.7 trillion in the Social Security Trust Fund, held in Treasury bonds. Since the program is currently taking in more revenues (taxes on payroll and benefits as well as interest on the bonds) than it is paying out, the Trust Fund will continue to grow to about $2.9 trillion....

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Raising the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap: How Many Workers Would Pay More?

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

On January 1, the maximum amount of annual earnings subject to the Social Security tax – a.k.a. the payroll tax cap – increased to $113,700. Every year, this cap is adjusted to keep up with inflation. Many Americans are not aware that income above the cap is not taxed by Social Security. In...

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Leave No Child Behind: A Quick Take on How Congress Should Restructure the Child Tax Credit to More Fairly Value Families and Reduce Inequality

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

This issue brief examines the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in its current form and finds that many of the families with children most in need of additional assistance receive no or little benefit from the credit. The paper analyzes a restructuring of the present CTC put forth by the Brookings...

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