The Corporate Income Tax is Most Harmful for Growth and Wages

One of the biggest debates in economics has been the question of who bears the real economic burden of corporate taxes: shareholders through lower returns, consumers through higher prices, or workers through lower wages. In an essay (here) in today’s Wall Street Journal, economist Kevin A. Hassett and Aparna Mathur review the growing empirical evidence … Continue reading The Corporate Income Tax is Most Harmful for Growth and Wages