Can simply exceeding a critical tax-to-GDP threshold bring about an accelerated trajectory of economic growth and development in a country? We conduct new event studies and exploit a richer dataset to ...

The term 'First World' now refers to nations with advanced economies and high living standards. This list ranks countries based on UN Human Development and Quality of Life indices. The top nations for ...

Allison Schrager is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a City Journal contributing editor, where her research focuses on public finance, pensions, tax policy, labor markets, and monetary ...