William McBride Vice President of Federal Tax Policy & Stephen J. Entin Fellow in Economics Contact William McBride Follow William McBride on Twitter Dr. William McBride is the Vice President of Federal Tax Policy & Stephen J. Entin Fellow in Economics at the Tax Foundation, where he leads our efforts to research, model, and reform the U.S. tax code. Dr. McBride has more than ten years of experience analyzing a variety of economic and policy issues. Prior to his current role at the Tax Foundation, he served as a manager in the National Economic and Statistics (NES) group at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he worked on numerous projects, including economic impact analyses, industry surveys, U.S. federal and state tax revenue estimates, and general quantitative analyses. He also has experience researching and modeling the economics of taxation and issues related to tax reform at the state, federal, and international levels. Dr. McBride is no stranger to the Tax Foundation. From 2011 to 2015 he served as chief economist, where he wrote extensively on the economics of taxation, particularly regarding business investment, and guided the development of the Tax Foundation dynamic scoring model. Dr. McBride holds a PhD in economics from George Mason University, where he specialized in macroeconomics and agent-based modeling. His research has been cited by policymakers, quoted by major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and published in scholarly journals, such as the National Tax Journal and Tax Notes. Written Works Details and Analysis of President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Proposal March 23, 2023 Biden’s New Tax Proposals Are Complicated and Rife with Double Taxation March 13, 2023 Taxing Distributed Profits Makes Business Taxation Simple and Efficient March 1, 2023 Details and Analysis of a Tax Reform Plan for Growth and Opportunity February 14, 2023 Changing Trends in R&D Investment Show the Importance of Business R&D December 14, 2022 Inflation Is Surging, So Are Federal Tax Collections October 13, 2022 The “Inflation Tax” Is Regressive September 29, 2022 Inconsistent Tax Treatment of Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Creates Confusion August 24, 2022 Details & Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act Tax Provisions August 10, 2022 Minimum Book Tax: Flawed Revenue Source, Penalizes Pro-Growth Cost Recovery August 5, 2022 See Full List Back to Staff Page