Early tax reform proposals listed economic growth as a major goal, and some even gave explicit estimates of the expected increase in the long run output path that would follow from enactment. The 1986 Tax Act does not mention growth, much less give estimates of the expected increase, for good...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Participants -- Preface -- THE SETTING FOR A PRO-GROWTH STRATEGY: AN INTRODUCTION -- 1. RESPONSES TO THE SLOWDOWN IN GROWTH -- 2. REMOVING STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO GROWTH -- 3. THE ECONOMIC POLICY FAILURE OF THE PAST AND A POLICY AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE -- 4. THE...

Early tax reform proposals listed economic growth as a major goal, and some even gave explicit estimates of the expected increase in the long run output path that would follow from enactment. The 1986 Tax Act does not mention growth, much less give estimates of the expected increase, for good...