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Here’s what’s on the agenda. POOL New/ Reuters

The State of the Union 2015 – a closer look at the president’s ‘ambitious agenda’

Stella M Flores, Vanderbilt University; Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Arnold F. Shober, Lawrence University; Daniel P Lopresti, Lehigh University ; Elizabeth Pearson, University of California, Berkeley; George A Nation III, Lehigh University ; IM 'Mac' Destler, University of Maryland; Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago, and Phillip G Joyce, University of Maryland

Editor’s note: “The state of the union is good,” and the attitude of President Barack Obama in his annual speech to Congress was upbeat. Good economic news and no more election campaigns were the backdrop…
Closing the thousands of loopholes that riddle the US tax code is a rare area of bipartisan agreement in Congress. So why is it so hard to end them? Shutterstock

Tax loopholes draw bi‑party fire but don’t expect them to vanish

Elizabeth Pearson, University of California, Berkeley

The thousands of tax loopholes that litter the corporate tax code in the United States are frequent targets of criticism from both Democrats and Republicans. Outgoing Republican Senator Tom Coburn released…
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback was re-elected despite a tight fight over his tax cuts and resulting deficit, which were revealed to be worse than expected just days after the election. Reuters

Brownback’s Kansas tax experiment may prove death knell for corporate reform

Elizabeth Pearson, University of California, Berkeley

Republican gains in this month’s election, which handed the GOP united control of Congress for the first time since 2006, have lifted hopes that the government can pass corporate tax reform next year…

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