"We Are Better Than This fundamentally reframes budget debates in the United States. Author Edward D. Kleinbard explains how the public's preoccupation with tax policy alone has obscured any understanding of government's ability to complement the private sector through investment and insurance...

This paper examines the main distortions of the U.S. corporate income tax (CIT), focusing on its international aspects, and proposes a set of reforms to alleviate them. A bold reform to replace the CIT with a corporate-level rent tax could induce efficiency-enhancing reform of the international...

Introduction -- The why and the what of taxing income -- The private sphere and te public sphere -- When is it income? -- Debt and certain other financial instruments -- Whose income is it? -- Expenses of earning income -- Tax shelters and tax planning -- Mixed business and personal expenses --...