David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston, who received a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the tax beat, is a columnist for Tax Notes and teaches the law of the ancient world at Syracuse University's law and management schools. He is the author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) and Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--and Cheat Everybody Else.

Currently

  • By the Numbers

    September 2, 2009 Subscribe

    Rising healthcare costs are killing wage increases.

  • By the Numbers

    July 17, 2009

    Since 1940, Democrats have had far greater success creating jobs than Republicans.

  • Letters

    June 17, 2009 Subscribe

  • Lax Little Islands

    May 13, 2009

    Obama and Congress must get tougher on offshore tax cheats--prosecuting them as criminals and requiring full payment, with penalties and interest.

2008

  • Media MIA

    October 8, 2008

    There's still plenty of time for the media to get the bailout story right: just start asking, "Who benefits?"

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