Just How Bad Are Taxes for Business?

California has some of the highest taxes in the country. Kansas, some of the lowest. Which economy is better off?

December 12, 2016

Robert Reich explains why the conservative formula for our economy—low taxes, few regulations and low wages—might not be all it’s cracked up to be.

Listen to Robert Reich discuss the Republican myth about taxes on the Start Making Sense podcast.

Robert B. ReichRobert Reich is a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley and the former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration. His latest book is Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America.

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Just How Bad Are Taxes for Business?

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