Recent news about e-cigarette misuse has fueled both public misperception and policy responses that are likely to have unintended consequences. As the US vaping market continues to evolve, policymakers face the tricky challenge of safeguarding the potential for positive public health outcomes from e-cigarettes, which offer a lower-risk alternative to traditional cigarettes, while ensuring reasonable protections against youth use.
Details“The main conclusion of Brill’s report is that Teva makes a significant contribution to the economies of the countries where it operates, via both direct and indirect employment.”
DetailsBased on MGA’s independent analysis, the Teva Global Economic Impact Report estimates Teva’s economic impact in 19 of the 60 countries in which Teva operates.
DetailsThis report examines the BLOCKING Act and why it is a misguided attempt at promoting generic drug competition.
DetailsIn anticipation of the December jobs report number being released later in the morning, Brill joins the morning news program to discuss his predictions that the number “will be right on the quarterly trend.”
Details“I advocate and support a carbon tax, but not just blindly, not just any carbon tax. It is critically important that the carbon tax be revenue neutral. That at the time at which this policy is put in place its done in a matter in which the revenues expected to be generated from the carbon tax are used to reduce other taxes that are more distortionary. This is what we would call the principles of basic tax reform.”
DetailsOn this episode of ‘Squawk Box,’ Brill discusses Bill Gate’s reaction to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax, as well as the capital gains tax.
Alex Brill was quoted in Fast Company for his research on tax policy effects on business:
“… [Brill] has found that employees in ESOPs “get better at the job, and instead of quitting as soon as they get skills, they stay and get more skills.” Companies with ESOPs require fewer managers, as AEI’s Brill discovered in his research, because workers are given more freedom and are better able to manage themselves.”
DetailsIs the tax code sufficiently progressive? The answer depends not only on the values of the person answering the question, but it also is a surprisingly tricky empirical exercise. What counts as income and who pays the corporate tax? How should one measure households?
DetailsThere is currently a debate among policy analysts and commentators about whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was “pro-family.”
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