Presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed taxes on wealth. Why a wealth tax? Will it likely raise the money they hope? What are the trade-offs? What has been the experience of other countries?
Penn Wharton Budget Model hosted leading scholars to discuss.
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On December 12th, 2019, PWBM released an analysis of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax.
Introduction: Kimberly Burham - Managing Director of Special Projects and Legislation, Penn Wharton Budget Model
Panelists:
Greg Leiserson is the Director of Tax Policy and Chief Economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, he served as a Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as an Economist in the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Tax Analysis. He holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s from Swarthmore College.
Richard Prisinzano is the Director of Policy Analysis at Penn Wharton Budget Model. His prior work at the Office of Tax Analysis at the U.S. Department of Treasury focused on the taxation of pass-through entities and small businesses. He has also published papers on gasoline taxes, tax migration of millionaires, and major league baseball managers. He previously taught econometrics and sports economics at Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas.
Natasha Sarin is Assistant Professor of Law at Penn Law. Her interests in law teaching and scholarship are at the intersection of law and finance. Her current research focuses on financial regulation, with papers on both consumer finance and macroprudential risk management. Her work engages with contemporary policy debates and seeks to understand how best to regulate large financial institutions. Sarin is at the frontier of empirical law and economics, using novel datasets to address these important policy questions. Her work has received both academic and popular press attention, and has been covered by various media outlets, including the Washington Post, the Economist, and the Financial Times.