The stance toward big business was a heated topic during Britain's 2015 legislative campaign that led to the triumphal, albeit slightly unexpected, reelection of David Cameron, as Prime Minister. More profoundly, it raises the issue of the economic impact of corporate tax cuts and the nature of...

The introduction of the 1999 Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) in the UK encouraged low income families with children to enter the labor market. The tax credit, however, may have had the unintended side effect of increasing the childbearing of these households. While many studies have looked at...

This report provides new evidence on the magnitude of the budget surplus under responsible and realistic accounting procedures, and on the wisdom of a large-scale tax cut. The authors show that although the current projected surplus is about $5.6 trillion over the next 10 years, basic...