Greg Leiserson
Greg Leiserson

Senior Economist

Council of Economic Advisers

Greg Leiserson is a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Previously, he was the director of tax policy and chief economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. from Swarthmore College.

Authored By Greg Leiserson

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Taxing wealth by taxing investment income: An introduction to mark-to-market taxation

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Net worth taxes: What they are and how they work

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The distribution of wealth in the United States and implications for a net worth tax

Inequality & MobilityTax & Macroeconomics
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Wealth taxation: An introduction to net worth taxes and how one might work in the United States

Tax & Macroeconomics
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A framework for economic analysis of tax regulations

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Slide presentation: How should Treasury and the IRS conduct cost-benefit analysis of tax regulations?

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Slide presentation: Cost benefit analysis of tax regulations

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U.S. tax policy for equitable growth

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Assessing the economic effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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Presentation: U.S. Inequality and Recent Tax Changes

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The Tax Foundation’s treatment of the estate tax in its macroeconomic model

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The Tax Foundation’s score of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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The ‘Unified Framework’ is a proposal for two new wasteful tax expenditures

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Why is the federal business-level tax rate on capital so low?

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U.S. tax cuts for the rich won’t deliver gains for everyone

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Issue brief: If U.S. tax reform delivers equitable growth, a distribution table will show it

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Issue brief: What is the federal business-level tax on capital in the United States?

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In defense of the statutory U.S. corporate tax rate

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It’s no surprise that the Kansas tax cut experiment failed to create jobs

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Will the Trump administration double-count its magic asterisk?

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TOPICS: Monetary Policy
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A premature promise on tax rates could threaten tax reform

Tax & Macroeconomics

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