Bio for Josh Barro
For Top Economist, Obama Chooses an Actual Economist
This is a hopeful sign that the administration will engage more productively on economic policy for the next three years.
This is a hopeful sign that the administration will engage more productively on economic policy for the next three years.
Obamacare's Original Sin
President Barack Obama made two big promises during his first term that have tied his economic agenda in a straitjacket.
President Barack Obama made two big promises during his first term that have tied his economic agenda in a straitjacket.
Don't Tax Apple, Tax Its Shareholders
The process of determining the taxable U.S. income of a multinational corporation is necessarily complicated and arbitrary.
The process of determining the taxable U.S. income of a multinational corporation is necessarily complicated and arbitrary.
Does the IRS Even Understand the Tax Code?
If you don't want IRS agents to behave badly, give them rules so clear they can't misapply them.
If you don't want IRS agents to behave badly, give them rules so clear they can't misapply them.
Steven Miller: Too Incompetent Even for the IRS
Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller wasn't in charge when the agency made its big mess. But now we know he deserved to go anyway.
Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller wasn't in charge when the agency made its big mess. But now we know he deserved to go anyway.