Gene Steuerle of the Urban Institute describes the maze of incentives embedded in the pending healthcare reform bill .

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Chapter 20 of my favorite textbook has a section on antipoverty programs and work incentives. One basic point is that when multiple income-based programs are piled on top on one another, the implicit marginal tax rate can reach or even exceed 100...

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A student emailed me today looking for additional practice problems to help him prepare for tests in his introductory economics course. Where did I send him? To the Study Guide prepared by David Hakes to accompany my favorite textbook.

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Vanity Fair profiles Larry Summers .

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