The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform—Why We Need It and What It Will Take
Tuesday Policy Forum
October 2, 2012
12:15-1:25 PM
1203 Van Munching Hall
Bruce Bartlett is today's most experienced and eloquent speaker on taxes and tax reform — the central issue of American politics and economics. His newest book, The Benefit and The Burden, is a deep and urgent work exploring the tax crisis faced by the U.S. and the reforms needed to solve it. Bruce speaks on the role tax policy will play in coming elections and its impact on investment, jobs, and growth in the coming years.
Bruce represents an unusually non-partisan, historically informed economic view. In the 1970's and 80's, Supply Side economics represented the solution to America's economic ills; today, however, we face new problems that need new solutions. While many economists and both political parties remain locked in the disputes of those earlier decades, Bruce has moved forward — letting him connect with people of all political backgrounds about the real reforms our economy needs.
Mr. Bartlett worked in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Since then he has been an economic commentator for The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The New York Times, and other major publications. His previous books include the best-selling Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy and The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward.
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