DPI-235 Lecture 19: Tax Policies

Readings:

Richard Epstein. “Can Anyone Beat the Flat Tax,” in Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?, edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Miller, Jr. and Jeffrey Paul (Cambridge University Press, 2002). Group 3

Liam Murphy and Thomas Nagel. “Inheritance”, Chapters 7 of The Myth of Ownership (Oxford University Press, 2002). Group 2

Edward McCaffery. “The Uneasy Case for Capital Taxation,” in Taxation, Economic Prosperity, and Distributive Justice, edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Miler, Jr. and Jeffrey Paul (Cambridge Universty Press, 2006). Group 1

Daniel Shaviro. “Households and the Fiscal System,” in Taxation, Economic Prosperity, and Distributive Justice, edited by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Miler, Jr. and Jeffrey Paul (Cambridge Universty Press, 2006). Groups 1-3

On Earnings

Why do people earn what they earn?

H/t to Jennifer Liebschutz 

More Money in Politics

Outside groups are moving onto political parties' turf

H/t to Katie Blaisdell 

Worth Watching!

The Bare Knuckle Fight Against Money in Politics

H/t to Tarig Hilal

DPI-235 Lecture 18: Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants

Readings:

Daniel Raventos. “A Provocative But Possible Proposal” and “Normative Liberal Justifications”, Chapters 1 and 2 of Basic Income: The Material Conditions of Freedom (Pluto Press 2007) Group 1

Phillipe van Parijs. “Basic Income: A Simple and Powerful Idea for the 21^st Century,” Chapter 1 of Redesigning Distribution: Basic Income And Stakeholder Grants as Cornerstones for an Egalitarian Capitalism, edited by Bruce Ackerman, Anne Alstott and Phillipe van Parijs (Verso 2006). Group 2

Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott. “Why Stakeholding?,” Chapter 2 of  Redesigning Distribution: Basic Income And Stakeholder Grants as Cornerstones for an Egalitarian Capitalism, edited by Bruce Ackerman, Anne Alstott and Phillipe van Parijs (Verso 2006). Group 3

DPI-235 Lecture 17: Money in Politics

Readings:

Lawrence Lessig, “Why So Damn Much Money” and “What So Damn Much Money Does,” Chapters Nine and Ten of Republic, Lost (New York: Twelve Publishing, 2011). Groups 1-2

Martin Gilens. “The Preference/Policy Link,” Chapter 3 of Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America (Princeton University Press, 2012). Group 3

Campaign Finance

A few articles worth your attention:

Left struggled to move voters with Koch attacks and other big-money messages

The Billionaire War Heats Up

Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine

H/t to Andrew Gill