The wealth tax proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) arrives wrapped in a promise that feels almost effortless: Tax the rich just a little bit more, and suddenly the country can afford ...

California’s voters are heading toward a stark choice this November: whether to levy a big tax on billionaires. They could also vote on whether to pump the brakes and make it harder to tax the state’s ...

A protester calls to "tax the rich" at a May Day demonstration last year. Credit: Suzette Smith What could Oregon do with an additional $2.7 billion in revenue each year? That’s about how much ...

California's grotesque level of income and wealth inequality is an issue that we can no longer ignore and that we must ...

In November, Californians will consider a ballot measure to implement a 5 percent wealth tax on billionaires, which proponents say will generate $100 billion in revenue. It turns out the tax would ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nathan Goldman is a tax prof. at NC State Univ. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna have made headlines by ...

Liberals often decry the decline of “expertise” and Republicans’ failure to consult “experts” on war, the economy, or health policy. It’s hard to take this criticism seriously after reading Bernie ...

What irony: The Democrats in Congress who repudiated President Donald Trump’s “Build the Wall” plan to secure our border now want to construct a financial Berlin Wall to prevent Americans from leaving ...

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