100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States
Book Forum
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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About This Event

In his recent book 100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States (Yale University Press, January 2008), Yale Law School professor Michael Graetz proposes a fundamental tax reform that would replace income taxes on low- and middle-income households with a value-added tax Listen to Audio


Download Audio as MP3 on goods and services. His “Competitive Tax Plan” would also cut the corporate income tax rate to 15 or 20 percent from the current 35 percent. Graetz argues that his plan is simple and progressive and that while it helps to restore fiscal discipline, it will also improve America’s economic competitiveness.

At this book forum, Graetz will present the key findings of his book. Lily Batchelder of New York University, David A. Weisbach of AEI and the University of Chicago Law School, and AEI’s Alan D. Viard will respond. Kevin A. Hassett, director of economic policy studies at AEI, will moderate.

Agenda
8:45 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:00
Presenter:
Michael Graetz, Yale Law School
Discussants:
Lily Batchelder, New York University
Alan D. Viard, AEI
David A. Weisbach, AEI and the University of Chicago Law School
Moderator:
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
11:00

Adjournment
Event Materials
100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States
AEI Participants

 

Kevin A.
Hassett
  • Before joining AEI, Mr. Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and an associate professor of economics and finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University, as well as a policy consultant to the Treasury Department during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations. He served as an economic adviser to the George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign and as Senator John McCain's chief economic adviser during the 2000 presidential primaries. He also served as a senior economic adviser to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign. Mr. Hassett is a columnist for National Review.

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    Email: khassett@aei.org

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    Name: Veronika Polakova
    Phone: 202-862-4880
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Alan D.
Viard
  • Alan Viard was a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and an assistant professor of economics at Ohio State University prior to joining AEI. He has also worked for the Treasury Department's Office of Tax Analysis, the White House's Council of Economic Advisers, and the Joint Committee on Taxation of the U.S. Congress. Mr. Viard is a frequent contributor to AEI's Tax Policy Outlook, AEI's On the Margin column in Tax Notes, and AEI's Marginal Impact column in State Tax Notes. In January 2010, he was named by Tax Notes as a nominee for 2009 Tax Person of the Year.
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    Email: aviard@aei.org

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    Name: Chad Hill
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    Email: chad.hill@aei.org
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