Worried about $40 trillion in federal debt? Worried about Social Security cutting your benefits by one fifth in six years? Worried that the US is in far worse fiscal shape than Italy? Worried that the American Dream is, for far too many, a vicious nightmare? Worried that the land of opportunity is now the land of inequality? Worried that your kids will have it worse than you? Gene Steuerle, Washington’s fiscal policy aficionado, will take you from worried to terrified. So, grab a drink, an Ativan, or some weed and sidle up to our national horror story. It’s one Gene knows by heart, by mind, and by first-hand observation. His bottom line -- There are no adults in the room. There are grifters, clowns, and con men. And they aren’t going anywhere unless we get going, which means listening carefully to Mr. Fiscal Policy, Eugene Steuerle, and devouring his latest book, Abandoned, and subscribing to Gene’s Substack, The Government We Deserve. 2 formats
Eugene’s Bio
Eugene Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute. Among past positions, he was deputy assistant secretary of the US Department of the Treasury for Tax Analysis (1987–89), president of the National Tax Association (2001–02), codirector of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, chair of the 1999 technical panel advising Social Security on its methods and assumptions, and chair of the 2015–16 National Academy of Sciences Committee on Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families. Between 1984 and 1986, he was the economic coordinator and original organizer of the Treasury’s tax reform effort.
Steuerle is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of 18 books, including Dead Men Ruling, Nonprofits and Government (3rd edition), Contemporary US Tax Policy (2nd edition), and Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families.
He is a founder and chair emeritus of ACT for Alexandria, a community foundation, and is or has been an elected, appointed, advisory panel, or board member for the Congressional Budget Office, Comptroller General of the United States, the Joint Committee on Taxation, Venture Philanthropy Partners, and the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law (chair).
Steuerle received the first Bruce Davie–Albert Davis Public Service Award from the National Tax Association in 2005, distinguished or outstanding alumnus awards from the University of Dayton and St. Xavier High School, and the TIAA-CREF Paul Samuelson award for his book Dead Men Ruling.
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