INTERNET RESOURCES:
Chapter 14: Taxes, Transfers, and Income Distribution

Web assignments:

1. Trends in Poverty Rates
2. Marginal Tax Rates and Phaseouts
3. The Lorenz Curve

Web materials related to topics discussed in Chapter 14

 

Adam Smith's Recommendations on Taxation

This page, authored by Nadia Weiner, provides a summary of Adam Smith's views on taxation, and a collection of quotes from The Wealth of Nations related to principles of taxation.

 

Congressional Budget Office

This site contains information about current federal taxation and spending issues.

 

Dr. Quiggly's Museum of Tax Oddities

An interesting collection of unusual tax laws (visit The Hall of Ancient Relics while at this site).

 

TaxWeb

A collection of links to federal, state, and local tax resources on the internet.

 

Federal Tax Code

An online version of the federal tax code.

 

Historical Income and Poverty Tables

U.S. Census historical statistics on the distribution of income and poverty levels in the U.S.

 

Social Security Administration

Find out more about the operation of the social security system at this site.

 

"Privatizing Social Security: The $10 Trillion Opportunity"
(by Martin Feldstein)

As America moves into the 21st century, two public policy issues are becoming increasingly important: the need to reform Social Security and the need to spur economic growth and raise real wages. Recent evidence suggests that it may be possible to solve both problems simultaneously.

 

Tax Reform Proposals

A collection of links to online information and articles concerning a variety of recent flat-tax proposals.

 

U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty - The Official Statistics

This page contains information about the demographic composition and the geographical distribution of individuals living in poverty in the U.S.

 

"Worsening American Income Inequality: Is world trade to blame?"

Gary Burtless argues that the increase in income inequality in the U.S. is the result of structural changes in the U.S. labor market, and is not the result of foreign trade.

Related resources:

Other economic resources

This page contains a set of links to economic resources that may be of interest to introductory economics students.