Alvin Rabushka
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Alvin Rabushka is an American
political scientist. He is a David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
at Stanford University
, and member of the Mont Pelerin Society
. He is best known for his work on taxation and transition economies. Together with Robert Hall
, he wrote a detailed flat tax
plan known as the Hall-Rabushka flat tax
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
political scientist. He is a David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by then future U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford....
at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, and member of the Mont Pelerin Society
Mont Pelerin Society
The Mont Pelerin Society is an international organization composed of economists , philosophers, historians, intellectuals, business leaders, and others who favour classical liberalism...
. He is best known for his work on taxation and transition economies. Together with Robert Hall
Robert Hall (economist)
Robert Ernest "Bob" Hall is an American economist and a Robert and Carole McNeil Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is generally considered a macroeconomist, but he describes himself as an "applied economist"....
, he wrote a detailed flat tax
Flat tax
A flat tax is a tax system with a constant marginal tax rate. Typically the term flat tax is applied in the context of an individual or corporate income that will be taxed at one marginal rate...
plan known as the Hall-Rabushka flat tax
Hall-Rabushka flat tax
The Hall–Rabushka flat tax is a fully developed flat tax on consumption designed by American economists Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka at the Hoover Institution. Loosely speaking, Hall–Rabushka accomplishes this by taxing income and then excluding investment. An individual could file a...
.
Publications
- Taxation in Colonial America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008.
- From Predation to Prosperity: How to Move from Socialism to Markets (October 20, 2008)
- Fixing Russia's Banks: A Proposal for Growth
- The Flat Tax
External links
- an interview with ALVIN RABUSHKA (SAST REPORT)
- The Flat Tax, by Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka (full text from the Hoover Institution)
- Podcast featuring Rabushka Rabushka discusses the flat tax on EconTalkEconTalkEconTalk is a weekly podcast hosted by professor Russell Roberts at George Mason University. Roberts interviews guests—often professional economists—on topics in economics....