Changing the poverty threshold: when are people really poor?

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18-19

How Much Government? The Share of Government Expenditure in Modern Economies

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3

124-125

Global Pollution: Externalities That Cross Borders

3

4

134-135

National Defense and Homeland Security

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5

190

State Government Spending: Does the Size of the Legislature Matter?

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7

238

Changing the Poverty Threshold: When Are People Really Poor?

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8

290-292

Social Security Throughout the World: Trends Toward Privatization

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9

337

Why Worry about Growth in Health Care Costs?

8

10

397

State Lotteries--A Government Enterprise with a Hidden Regressive Tax on Gambling

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12

446-447

How Did the Deficit Get So Big in 2009? Impact of Rescissions & Policy

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13

495

The Supply-Side Tax Cuts of the 1980s

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14

528-529

Reforming the Income Tax: Some Recent Proposals

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14

523

Incomes Taxes and Economic Growth

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15

568-569

A New Way to Tax Corporate Income-The Corporate Cash Flow Tax

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598-599

Current Use of the VAT

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17

619

Capitalization of Property Tax Rate Differentials