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Summary of Weekend Reads

Back by popular demand. Hang on to your seat, this is a whirlwind review of this past summer weekend’s beach reads. Taxes: One of former President Donald Trump’s signature accomplishments was the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which his opponents derided for cutting the taxes of even rich people and reducing the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent while adding full expensing of investments. Most on the left called it a bailout for the well-off, merely expanding inequality. Liberal economics commentator Noah Smith reflected this view in 2019 but now concedes the policy’s rationale. Higher income taxes might deter individuals from working as hard, but high corporate taxes discourage business investment. He...

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