Dec 15, 2016 | Events
At an event on conservative policies for helping poor and middle-class Americans, Alex Brill discussed how best to promote upward mobility: “I think that in the long run, if we provide some relief or assistance to those workers and those families without the kind of structural reforms that Speaker Ryan was talking about — closing the skills gap and things like that — then what are we going to do ten years from now when those people aren’t moving up through the system?”
Dec 9, 2016 | Op-Eds
President Trump’s proposal to cap itemized deductions would cause a drop in charitable giving. For those giving above the cap, the net cost would jump from $0.60 per $1 of giving to an unsubsidized $1 per $1 of giving. Because a 1% increase in the price yields a 1% drop in giving, $17.6 billion in annual giving could evaporate.
Dec 8, 2016 | Events
From the Coalition to Protect Patient Choice:
“The last panelist was Alex Brill… [who] spoke about FDA reform and specifically about patent issues relating to biologic drugs and their generic counterparts known as biosimilars. He stated that biosimilar entry has not been as robust as was envisioned by the Affordable Care Act, due to archaic regulatory schemes, anticompetitive conduct, and cost-benefit analysis.”
Dec 1, 2016 | Events
From AEI:
“Alex Brill expressed optimism regarding the incoming Congress’ ability to enact pro-growth tax reform and endorsed the Ryan-Brady tax plan. However, he acknowledged that achieving bipartisan cooperation on this front will be challenging.”