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Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: A review
Shafik Hebous, 07 April 2021

Shafik Hebous admires how Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod draw out common threads of tax principles and practice that have underlain tax systems for thousands of years to show us why polices were chosen, and why they failed or prevailed.
Democracy in Iceland
Thorvaldur Gylfason, 31 March 2021

Thorvaldur Gylfason argues that unless Iceland's Parliament confronts the country's oligarchs and respects the will of the people by ratifying the new constitution designed to reverse the retreat of age-old democracy, it risks becoming a failed state.
Government spending: Less may be more!
Roel Beetsma, Ludger Schuknecht, 25 March 2021

Roel Beetsma and Ludger Schuknecht argue that governments could and should deliver more for their citizens’ money.
Twitter is free to ban users
Jan Bouwens, 22 February 2021

Jan Bouwens discusses the decision by Twitter and other social media platforms to ban President Trump and members of his campaign, and the objections to the bans raised by politicians.

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Roel Beetsma and George Kopits argue there is a strong legal and economic case for a timely application of the subsidiarity principle in establishing a permanent EU-wide countercyclical facility.
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Lubos Pastor, 12 June 2020

Lubos Pastor suggests that the easiest way for central banks to deal with COVID-spawned debt may be tolerate above-average inflation.

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