Obama's decision to campaign -- er, conduct official business -- on university campuses last week was not surprising. According to exit polls, there was no surge of young voters in 2008.

Different types of tax provisions shape effective marginal tax rates on income, and some basic principles should govern the roles of these provisions in setting effective marginal tax rates.

Different types of tax provisions shape effective marginal tax rates on income, andsome basic principles should govern the roles of these provisions in setting effective marginal tax rates.

Recent economic research suggests that colleges siphon off a significant portion of federal education aid rather than lowering costs to students

What's on the horizon for taxes? AEI's Aparna Mathur weighs in with the House Small Business Committee.

Ominously labeled "Taxmageddon," a host of tax policy changes are set to occur at year-end, and there truly is much at stake: $3.67 trillion of additional tax revenue over 10 years from the Bush tax cuts alone.

A comparison of the effects of marginal tax rates on families in 1988 and 2004.

Are Americans better off today than they were before Barack Obama was elected to office? Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist and economist John Lott, Jr. argue in "Debacle: Obama’s War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain Our Future" that spending increases, mounting debt, new regulations and higher tax rates answer this question with a resounding “no.”