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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks at news conference announcing the passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2017

Foreign experiments with trickle-down tax cuts: A rare proposition for a robust economy

December 8, 2017Economics

Where have trickled-down policies been tried abroad? What were the results?

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin discusses the Trump administration's tax reform proposal in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S, April 26, 2017.

Why some experts want the US to adopt a VAT and other tax lessons from around the world

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