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Inflation and Taxes in a Growing Economy with Debt and Equity

By: M. Feldstein, Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski

Our tax system was designed for an economy with little or no inflation. The current paper shows that inflation causes capricious changes in the effective rate of tax on capital income and therefore in the real net rate of return that savers receive. This is not only a... View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Inflation and Deflation; Economy

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15 May 2021
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Is Inflation a Problem Now? Maybe, but More Likely Not

07 Jun 2009
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Cash in on the war between inflation and deflation

28 Mar 2024
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Alberto Cavallo: Are We At An Inflation Inflection Point?

01 Dec 2021
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The Debate Over Whether Omicron Will Make Inflation Worse

13 Aug 2020
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Inflation Is Actually a Lot Higher Than You Think

25 Aug 2018
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'Amazon effect' could have impact on inflation dynamics: paper

31 Jul 2017
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Intermittent attention, poor memory shape public perceptions of inflation

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Teaching Note

American Standard, Inc.: The Inflation Accounting System, TN

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein

Keywords: Accounting; Inflation and Deflation

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November 7, 2018
Editorial

Congress Should Set the Fed's Inflation Target—Ideally at Zero

By: Amar Bhidé

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18 Jan 2023
Podcast

Accelerating the Energy Transition: The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act

This bonus episode features the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program’s CleanLaw podcast, where professors Jody Freeman (Harvard) and Greg Dotson (University of Oregon) talk about the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act that was enacted in 2022. They discuss... View Details

31 Oct 2017
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New Report On The Harmful Effects Of Degree Inflation

28 Sep 2021
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6 Strategies to Help Your Company Weather Inflation

March 2024
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Medicare Price Negotiation and Pharmaceutical Innovation Following the Inflation Reduction Act

By: Matthew Vogel, Pragya Kakani, Amitabh Chandra and Rena M. Conti

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires Medicare to negotiate lower prices for some medicines with high Medicare spending. Using historical data from public and proprietary sources to apply the IRA's negotiation criteria retrospectively, we identify all drugs that... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Health Care and Treatment; Negotiation; Price; Pharmaceutical Industry

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October 2023
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What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Patients and Physicians?

By: Amitabh Chandra and Benedic Ippolito

The debate around prescription drug measures in the recently passed U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which limit some patients’ out-of-pocket costs, has not fully addressed their effect on physicians and patients via their effect on payers. Reducing patients’ costs... View Details

Keywords: Government Legislation; Price; Health Care and Treatment

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