Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword by James A. Baker III -- Preface -- Introduction: Is It Time for Fundamental Tax Reform? -- I Overviews -- 1 Tax Reform in the Twenty-first Century -- 2 Simplifying Assumptions: How Might the Politics of...

Everyone knows that the current tax system is unfair. Some of the richest people in America pay no tax, while a huge share of the tax burden falls on the rest of us. A mere glance at the tax code confirms that it is far too complex, with volumes of rules that no ordinary person could possibly...