Title

Answering the Arguments Against the Consumption Tax

Authors

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Washington University in St Louis

Files

Publication Date

9-1-1992

Series Information

Occasional Paper 112

Publisher

Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130

Description

By shifting U.S. taxation from income to consumption, more revenue would be generated for the U.S. Treasury. This would also enable the American people to enjoy a higher living standard.

Keywords

Consumption Tax, Value-Added Tax

Disciplines

Economics | Public Policy

Comments

The Center for the Study of American Business (CSAB), 1975-2001, is the predecessor of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. Permanent URL: http://dx.doi/org/10.7936/K7R78CC0

DOI

doi:10.7936/K7R78CC0

Recommended Citation

Weidenbaum, Murray L., "Answering the Arguments Against the Consumption Tax", Occasional Paper 112, 1992, doi:10.7936/K7R78CC0.
Murray Weidenbaum Publications, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mlw_papers/123.