William McBride

 
 
William McBride
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Chief Economist

William McBride is Chief Economist at the Tax Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, where his dissertation involved using agent-based modeling and simulation to analyze the effect of various banking regimes, including free banking, on asset prices. While at George Mason, William was a research assistant at the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, which was established by Nobel laureate Vernon Smith as a center for research in experimental economics.

In addition to these areas, William's research interests are broad, including public choice, public finance, industrial organization, history of thought, and the economics of religion. He has taught microeconomics at George Mason's economics department and managerial economics at the School of Public Policy. He also has a bachelor's degree in physics and electrical engineering and worked as a software engineer for seven years.

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Media Appearances

Forbes cites William McBride, Kyle Pomerleau and Elizabeth Malm on Tax Freedom Day April 17, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune quotes William McBride on Tax Freedom Day April 02, 2013
Bloomberg Businessweek cites William McBride on Taxes & Growth February 01, 2013
Chicago Tribune cites William McBride on Corporate Taxes January 29, 2013
Yahoo! Finance cites William McBride on the Fiscal Cliff January 15, 2013
The Washington Times quotes William McBride on the Deficit January 08, 2013
Fox News cites William McBride on Income Taxes January 03, 2013
Forbes quotes William McBride on Taxes and Growth December 25, 2012
Fox Business cites Tax Foundation on Fiscal Cliff November 16, 2012
Investor's Business Daily Quotes Will McBride on Fiscal Illusion October 25, 2012
The Hill quotes Stephen Entin & William McBride on the Romney Tax Plan October 03, 2012
Fox News quotes Will McBride on Fiscal Illusion September 24, 2012
Will McBride on NPR's All Things considered: Fiscal Illusion September 18, 2012
Reuters quotes Will McBride on the Effects of Cutting Income Tax Rates September 12, 2012
Wall Street Journal quotes William McBride on Effective Personal Tax Rates August 17, 2012
Daily Caller quotes Will McBride on Health Care Tax Costs July 25, 2012
Reuters quotes Will McBride on Small Business Tax Cuts July 09, 2012
USA Today quotes Will McBride on Mitt Romney's Tax Plan April 30, 2012
Reuters quotes Will McBride on the mortgage interest deduction April 16, 2012
NPR's Morning Edition quotes Will McBride on the Buffett Rule April 11, 2012
Will McBride on Fox Business: Comparing Federal Budget Proposals April 03, 2012
Will McBride on CNBC: Debating Corporate Taxes with Rick Santelli April 02, 2012
Will McBride on CNBC: Discussing the Federal Income Tax Burden July 28, 2011

Contributions

President Obama's 2014 Budget Takes another Whack at Savers April 10, 2013
President Obama's New Tax Increases April 05, 2013
Standard Economics Says Capital Income Taxes Should Be Zero April 04, 2013
Tax Freedom Day® 2013 is April 18, Five Days Later Than Last Year April 02, 2013
Senate Votes to Require CBO to Use Macroeconomic Revenue Analysis March 25, 2013
UK Dropping Corporate Rate to 20 Percent, Half the US Rate March 21, 2013
Tax Policy Center Espouses Minority View on Capital Income Taxes March 19, 2013
Dave Camp Floats a Rewrite of Small Business Tax Rules March 14, 2013
Budget Reporting Fails to Acknowledge the Evidence that High Taxes Hurt Economic Growth March 14, 2013
Latest IRS Data Shows Taxable Returns Remain Below 1997 Levels March 07, 2013
The Carried Interest Debate: Funding Government for 3.1 Hours March 06, 2013
How do Taxes and Spending Affect Economic Growth? March 04, 2013
Economic Effects of the Sequester and the Proposed Alternatives: What is the Evidence on Spending and Economic Growth? March 04, 2013
BEA: Personal Income Drops 3.6 Percent in January, the Most since the Clinton Tax Increase of 1993 March 01, 2013
Another Misleading Analysis of Income Inequality (with Pictures!) February 28, 2013
Bowles Simpson Call for More Taxes, More Growth February 20, 2013
Dislike Attempts to Double Tax Facebook February 19, 2013
CBO Overly Optimistic about Economic Growth and the Federal Debt February 12, 2013
CBO Projections of Spending and Tax Credits February 11, 2013
Super Bowl Tax Bill February 05, 2013
Tax Policy Center Ignores the Most Basic Reasons for Reduced Taxes on Investment February 01, 2013
The Investment Slump Continues January 30, 2013
CRS: Tax Rates Do Matter for Profit Shifting January 29, 2013
EITC Awareness Day January 28, 2013
Phil Mickelson's Tax Rate January 22, 2013
The Law of Intended Unintended Consequences: Gun Buy-back Edition January 16, 2013
Taxes Up, Stocks Up, What Can Go Wrong? January 08, 2013
Fiscal Cliff Resolved, Still Likely to Get Downgraded January 02, 2013
Healthcare is Busting the Budget December 28, 2012
The Fiscal Cliff in History December 27, 2012
The Impact of Speaker Boehner's Millionaire Tax December 20, 2012
What Is the Evidence on Taxes and Growth? December 18, 2012
CRS, at odds with Academic Studies, Continues to Claim No Harm in Raising Top Earners Tax Rates December 14, 2012
Summary of Latest Federal Income Tax Data November 29, 2012
The Carrot Rebellion November 13, 2012
The Fiscal Cliff and the Stock Market November 09, 2012
Yoda goes to Disney November 05, 2012
CRS Pulls Disputed Report on Taxes and Economic Growth November 02, 2012
How States would be Affected by Obama's Proposed Tax Increases on High-Income Earners October 25, 2012
A Quick Guide to the Obama and Romney Tax Plans October 18, 2012
Second Debate Marred by Protectionist Rhetoric October 17, 2012
Congressman Nunes Proposes a Bold New Approach to Taxing Business October 12, 2012
How Far we are from the Enlightenment October 10, 2012
Politifact Perpetuates Commonly Held Misconceptions about International Taxation October 09, 2012
More on How to pay for Romney's Tax Cuts October 05, 2012
Romney's Proposal to Cap Deductions at $17,000 October 03, 2012
Tax Policy Briefing for the First 2012 Presidential Debate October 03, 2012
Simulating the Economic Effects of Romney's Tax Plan October 03, 2012
Reagan Showed it Can Be Done: Lower the Top Rate to 28 Percent and Raise More Revenue September 28, 2012
Is it True that "Just About Everyone" Eventually Pays Income Tax? September 24, 2012
Putting a Face on America's Tax Returns: A Chartbook September 24, 2012
Sweden to Lower their Corporate Rate to 22 Percent, 18 Points below Ours September 21, 2012
Why are Nonpayers in Red States? September 21, 2012
The Fiscal Costs of Nonpayers September 19, 2012
ObamaCare "Penalty Tax" Now Estimated to Hit 6 Million Mostly Low- and Middle-Income Americans September 19, 2012
How much do Nonpayers Earn? September 18, 2012
CRS: Nothing Affects Economic Growth September 17, 2012
Journalists Too Quick to Conclude There is No Tradeoff between Taxes and Growth September 13, 2012
Compliance with ObamaCare Estimated at 80 Million Man-hours September 12, 2012
Another Downgrade Looming September 11, 2012
Reading the Tax Reform Tea Leaves September 07, 2012
Joe Biden's Off Base Claim about Territorial Taxation September 07, 2012
Obama's Tax Rates on Investment would exceed Clinton's Rates September 06, 2012
Romney, Obama, & Simpson-Bowles: How Do the Tax Reform Plans Stack Up? September 06, 2012
CBO: Federal Healthcare Spending Will Exceed Discretionary Spending by 2016 August 31, 2012
Sweden's Corporate Rate is 13 Points Lower than Ours, and Going Lower August 21, 2012
Stuck in Neutral on Tax Reform August 20, 2012
At least 90 Percent of Americans Have a Lower Income Tax Rate than Romney August 17, 2012
Would Romney Pay Zero Taxes under the Ryan Plan? August 13, 2012
TPC's Analysis of Romney's Plan Misses the Point August 01, 2012
How the States Would Be Affected by Extension of the Bush Tax Cuts and Other Provisions August 01, 2012
How the States Would Be Affected by Extension of the Bush Tax Cuts and Other Provisions July 31, 2012
Taxes and the Outsourcing of U.S. Jobs July 27, 2012
Grasping at Straws: A Response to Paul Krugman July 26, 2012
Obamacare Taxes Now Estimated to Cost $1 Trillion Over 10 Years July 26, 2012
Taxing the Uninsured: The Latest Estimates July 24, 2012
CBO Report Shows Increasing Redistribution in the Tax Code Despite No Long-term Trend in Income Inequality July 24, 2012
Top 20 Percent of Households Pay 94 Percent of Income Taxes July 11, 2012
Obamacare's New Taxes, And How You May Be Affected July 05, 2012
Taxing the Uninsured June 29, 2012
The Fortunate 400 June 29, 2012
Why Capital Gains are taxed at a Lower Rate June 27, 2012
The Great Recession and Volatility in the Sources of Personal Income June 13, 2012
Hiding it Does Not Help: Social Security is Already Broke May 21, 2012
Why Are Hospitals Tax Exempt? May 11, 2012
High-Tax Europe Heading into another Great Depression May 02, 2012
CBO: President's Budget Worse than Taxmageddon April 26, 2012
Nobel Laureate Economist: Prices Don't Matter April 24, 2012
Taxmageddon Looms, Potentially Pushing Tax Freedom Day Later than Ever April 16, 2012
White House Overstates Middle Class Tax Rate, Fails to Mention Payroll Tax Holiday April 13, 2012
Buffett Rule is really an Anti-Corporate Rule April 10, 2012
Will McBride on Fox Business: Comparing Federal Budget Proposals April 03, 2012
Tax Freedom Day Still Two Weeks Away April 02, 2012
Will McBride on CNBC: Debating Corporate Taxes with Rick Santelli April 02, 2012
Special Report No. 198: Tax Freedom Day 2012 April 02, 2012
Small Business Tax Cuts: How Small? March 29, 2012
Misadventures in Progressive Taxation: UK Edition March 22, 2012
Tax Competition Alive and Well in France March 13, 2012
Romney's New Tax Plan a Significant Improvement February 24, 2012
The President's Corporate Tax Reform Plan: Rhetoric and Reality February 22, 2012

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