Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 21 No. 1 Winter 2007

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Symposium: U.S. Tax Policy in International Perspective

How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective

by Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez

(pp. 3-24)

Cheating Ourselves: The Economics of Tax Evasion

by Joel Slemrod

(pp. 25-48)

Taxing Consumption and Other Sins

by James R. Hines Jr.

(pp. 49-68)

Tax Reform Unraveling

by Michael J. Graetz

(pp. 69-90)

Symposium: New Rules for Corporate Governance

The Goals and Promise of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

by John C. Coates IV

(pp. 91-116)

Corporate Governance Reforms in Continental Europe

by Luca Enriques and Paolo Volpin

(pp. 117-140)

Articles

The Economic Lives of the Poor

by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

(pp. 141-168)

Payday Lending

by Michael A. Stegman

(pp. 169-190)

Daron Acemoglu: 2005 John Bates Clark Medalist

by Robert Shimer

(pp. 191-208)

Features

Markets: Cartel Behavior and Amateurism in College Sports

by Lawrence M. Kahn

(pp. 209-226)

Retrospectives: From Usury to Interest

by Joseph Persky

(pp. 227-236)

Recommendations for Further Reading

by Timothy Taylor

(pp. 237-244)

Notes (pp. 245-246)