I love this paper, and it's a good excuse to finally post my own forthcoming chapter on age and local government law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… That seniors run the show is something everyone in local gov knows--but not something we talk about in the legal literature.

Excellent podcast with Ezra Klein & Jerusalem on why it's so hard to build in the US. Especially interesting on the political economy of state & local governments. nytimes.com/2024/04/16/pod…

A number of interesting nuggets I liked from Zachary Liscow's new paper proposing a permitting reform "Green Bargain," which I highly suggest you read. 1/n

With a major year for tax policy coming in 2025, we are launching a new online tool where you can explore holes in the current tax system and over 50 policy options to broaden the tax base from our expert team of tax attorneys taxlawcenter.org/base-broadener…

Kudos to the Tax Law Center for laying out these tax reform options so clearly.

Excellent The New York Review of Books piece by Slobodian (Quinn Slobodian) reviewing Oliver Bullough & Kojo Koram. Helps explain why so many tax havens are former parts of the British empire: - ⬇️legal uncertainty b/c of legal appeal to UK - UK finance industry benefits nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

I'm thrilled that Maggie Goodlander is running for Congress. She will be *awesome.* She's brilliant, savvy, charismatic, kind, and deeply knowledgeable. There's no new member of Congress I'd be more excited about.

Looks like an important read.

This video represents my genuine enthusiasm for equitable & pro-growth tax reform! In addition to Elizabeth Warren, Equitable Growth's June 17 event will feature tax policy superstars Kimberly Clausing, Michael Linden, Zachary Liscow, Daniel Reck & Natasha Sarin + more TBA soon. Register today!

Come hear from Elizabeth Warren Daniel Hornung Michael Linden Kimberly Clausing Zachary Liscow Daniel Reck Natasha Sarin & Nadiya Beckwith-Stanley today in DC at 1230pm ET (1pm ET for livestream)! web.cvent.com/event/02544134…

Moore is out! SCOTUS chose not to blow up the tax system. "To sum up: The Court’s longstanding precedents plainly establish that, when dealing with an entity’s undistributed income, Congress may tax either (i) the entity or (ii) its shareholders or partners."

How should we tax capital gains due to rising asset prices? On realization? On accrual? Or should we perhaps tax wealth? The existing public finance literature has a big hole making it unsuitable for thinking about these issues: it doesn't model asset prices! 🧵 on a new paper:

We just released a new report on speeding up HSR project delivery. The basic gist in 5 recommendations: we need to make a commitment to intercity passenger rail. This means authority, funding, and vision. transitcosts.com/wp-content/upl…

Attn: permitting nerds❗we worked with a team of legal experts to study the last decade of NEPA lawsuits filed in Circuit Courts. You’re either going to love or hate what we found. Here are the stats 🧵

🚨🚨AWESOME JOB ALERT🚨🚨 We're hiring a VP to lead the pro-housing work for the Arnold Ventures infrastructure team. It's a consequential role at an exciting time. Send folks with strong policy chops and strategic instincts here to read more and apply! arnoldventures.org/careers/vice-p…

🚨🚨New Paper! 🚨🚨 An essay in the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty on how to think about the instrumental and political challenges associated with our national difficulties in building enough housing, infrastructure and energy nyujll.com/home/why-cant-…

Just published a new paper about politics and transit projects. This builds on all of the TCP work we have done, but is packaged for an academic journal nyujll.com/home/prioritiz…

Why are transportation infrastructure projects so much more expensive in the US? Will Nober, Cailin Slattery, and Zachary Liscow find that limited capacity of state departments of transportation and limited competition for government contracts push costs higher. brookings.edu/articles/why-d…

.President Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris Harris believe we need to build, build, build to lower housing costs. Today, the Administration is taking new actions to reduce barriers to build, making it easier & faster to use federal financing to build or rehab affordable housing. 🧵: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Investing in public transportation bolsters the economy, experts explain on Marketplace. Professor Zachary Liscow gets into the details. marketplace.org/2024/08/30/wha…