Taxes and The Economy

Author(s):  
Leonard E. Burman ◽  
Joel Slemrod

How do taxes affect the economy? In many, many ways. They reduce the reward to working, saving, and investing and so diminish the incentives to undertake these activities, which can lower GDP and hamper growth. When they discriminate among different activities, they affect how the...

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