Praise for the first edition
“If you want to know how our tax laws really are made, read Gene Steuerle’s valuable analysis of the past two extraordinary decades of fiscal policy. Steuerle brings an important perspective as both a long-time Washington insider and one of the nation’s best tax economists to this complex and profoundly important tale.”
—Howard Gleckman, Senior Correspondent, Business Week
“Gene Steuerle has once again proven why he is one of the most honest and credible tax authorities in Washington. His book provides an unusually principled, unbiased, and reliable account of modern tax policy—a particularly important contribution when so many analysts on both the left and the right are focused on pushing ideological agendas. Contemporary U.S. Tax Policy will certainly be a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in tax policy.”
—Maya MacGuineas, Executive Director, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, The New America Foundation
“Once again, Gene Steuerle has provided a superb analysis of the current tax system and how we got here. Factual and straightforward, this book will be an invaluable resource in the classroom, bringing clarity to students of tax policy, young and old.”
—Douglas A. Shackelford, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“In a tax policy environment increasingly characterized by reductionist sound bites and misleading claims, Gene Steuerle stands out as a nonpartisan, wise, and unflinching truth-teller. Everyone trying to understand the present dilemmas of tax policymaking—how we got here and how to change for the better—needs his timely and penetrating analysis. Hopefully, responsible policymakers and concerned citizens alike will pay heed to this brilliant and compelling book that attempts no less than to help restore fiscal sanity to a deeply troubled nation.”
—Stanford G. Ross, former White House, Treasury, and Social Security official
“The bible on the last 25 years of U.S. tax policy.”
—Jeffrey Liebman, Harvard University
