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Dear senators: Don’t bankrupt our country

(CNN) Dear Sens. Susan Collins, Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, Ron Johnson, John McCain and Lisa Murkowski: I fear for the future of our country. I know that you do as well. You are patriots first and partisans a distant second. We are at a defining moment in our history: The tax cuts just passed by the House [...]

Corporate tax cuts: “a heist” or a way to raise wages?

A centerpiece of the planned GOP tax overhaul has been to lower the corporate tax rate, which Republicans have argued will push companies to invest more at home. To get a better sense of the impact of a lower corporate tax rate, we invited two leading economists with opposing views when it comes to the issue. [...]

Economist Jeffrey Sachs says the GOP tax plan is “a heist”

(U.S. Edition) The Republican tax overhaul — which calls for a reduced corporate tax rate of 20 percent — has now passed in the House. There’s been a lot of debate over how much this bill will help American taxpayers. One noted economist who argues that it won’t: Jeffrey Sachs, who joined our show today. Sachs, [...]

Economist Jeffrey Sachs says the GOP tax plan is “a heist”

Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio: The Republican tax overhaul – which calls for a reduced corporate tax rate of 20 percent – has now passed in the House. There’s been a lot of debate over how much this bill will help American taxpayers. One noted economist who argues that it won’t: Jeffrey Sachs.

Jeffrey D. Sachs: The Age of Sustainable Development

This Week in Economics with Professor Jeffrey Sachs: Episode 17

The GOP tax cut is daylight robbery

If the tax cut passes, it will constitute the largest heist in human history. This is daylight robbery by the super-rich against the rest of society: homeowners, students, the middle class, the young, the poor, indeed everybody who doesn’t own a significant stock portfolio. The result will put America into a tailspin: falling home prices, [...]

Morning Joe: Republican Tax Reform ‘Biggest Heist in History’

Virginia was a wave election, but without real change, the tide will turn again

By 11:00 on Election Night 2017, the results had been universally summarized in a single emoji: a wave. Pundits and activists from Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders — and everyone in-between — saw the results as a validation of their own particular interests, but everyone seemed to agree that this represented a new reality. Read more in The Hill. 

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