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The Economics Of American Higher Education In The New Gilded Age, Paul Campos
The Economics Of American Higher Education In The New Gilded Age, Paul Campos
Publications
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The U.S. Tax System: Where Do We Go From Here?, Adele C. Morris
The U.S. Tax System: Where Do We Go From Here?, Adele C. Morris
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
This talk will explore how the U.S. tax system really works, where revenue comes from, where spending goes, what a tax expenditure is, and discuss deficit prognoses and how the recent political debates could affect our economy. The speaker will highlight some advantages and disadvantages of different budget balancing options.
Americans' Unwillingness To Pay Taxes Before The American Revolution: An Uncomfortable Legacy, Richard A. Westin
Americans' Unwillingness To Pay Taxes Before The American Revolution: An Uncomfortable Legacy, Richard A. Westin
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
When one reflects on the sorry condition of America’s finances one has to wonder why there is such resistance to fiscal discipline. Is it merely because there is an obstreperous group in the US Congress who cannot abide any tax? Has the public been subtly lobbied into believing that American taxes are high, pointless and intolerable or is there some gene in the America’s body politic that has always been there that expresses itself from time to time in a pernicious cheapness? Perhaps all those things are true, or perhaps none. Nevertheless, a glance backward at Colonial days can stimulate …
Misguided Relief: The Real Property Tax Addition To The Standard Deduction, Alan L. Feld
Misguided Relief: The Real Property Tax Addition To The Standard Deduction, Alan L. Feld
Faculty Scholarship
The push to use federal money for benevolent purposes occasionally produces more cost than benefit, particularly when the outlay comes in the form of taxes forgiven. The Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 added a supplement to the basic standard deduction. A nonitemizing taxpayer may claim a deduction for real property taxes paid, up to $500, $1,000 in the case of a joint return. Initially, the change applied only to 2008, but subsequent legislation extended its life through 2009, and pending legislation would make it a permanent part of the Code. Although well intentioned, the real property tax provision makes …
Mineral Leasing In Indian Country, Reid Peyton Chambers
Mineral Leasing In Indian Country, Reid Peyton Chambers
Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)
9 pages.
Contains footnotes.
The Industry Perspective: The Pros And Cons Of Mineral Development In Indian Country, William A. White
The Industry Perspective: The Pros And Cons Of Mineral Development In Indian Country, William A. White
Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)
17 pages.
Financing Development In Indian Country, Thomas N. Tureen
Financing Development In Indian Country, Thomas N. Tureen
Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)
7 pages.
The Governmental Context For Development In Indian Country: Modern Tribal Institutions And The Bureau Of Indian Affairs, Susan M. Williams
The Governmental Context For Development In Indian Country: Modern Tribal Institutions And The Bureau Of Indian Affairs, Susan M. Williams
Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)
26 pages.
Taxation In Indian Country, Richard B. Collins
Taxation In Indian Country, Richard B. Collins
Natural Resource Development in Indian Country (Summer Conference, June 8-10)
11 pages.
Transboundary Groundwater Law: Focus On The U.S.-Mexico Boundary [Includes Appended Opinion In City Of El Paso Ex Rel. Pub. Serv. Bd. V. Reynolds, Civ. No. 80-730 Hb, 563 F. Supp. 279 (D.N.M. 1983)], Albert E. Utton
Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)
48 pages.
Agenda: Groundwater: Allocation, Development And Pollution, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: Groundwater: Allocation, Development And Pollution, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)
Even before the [Natural Resources Law] Center was established [in the fall of 1981], the [University of Colorado] School of Law was organizing annual natural resources law summer short courses. To date four programs have been presented:
- July 1980: "Federal Lands, Laws and Policies-and the Development of Natural Resources"
- June 1981: "Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues"
- June 1982: "New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: lnterbasin Transfers"
- June 1983: "Groundwater: Allocation; Development and Pollution"
(Reprinted from Resource Law Notes, no. 1, Jan. 1984, at 1.)
University of Colorado School of Law professors …