Alan Cole is a Senior Economist with Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy. His areas of focus include business taxes, cross-border taxes, and macroeconomics.
In addition to work at Tax Foundation, Alan Cole has served on the Joint Economic Committee and with The Conference Board, and published on a variety of economic topics. Alan has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University and an MBA majoring in finance and public policy from the Wharton School. Alan lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter.
Latest Work
![Income Taxes on the Top 0.1 Percent Weren’t Much Higher in the 1950s](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/money1-300x200.jpg)
The Deficit, Interest Rates, and Growth
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Fixing the Corporate Income Tax
15 min read![Gross income definition or gross pay definition TaxEDU Labor Share of Net Income is Within Its Historical Range President Biden Made in America Tax Plan and American Jobs Plan](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/calculator-5-300x225.jpg)
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![Ted Cruz tax plan](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cruz-300x240.jpg)
![Tax Expenditures interest deductions, sources of personal income, Gross Receipts Taxes](https://taxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cash_money-300x200.jpg)