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In this episode of the AAF Exchange, AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses the Fed’s rate cut, the presidential candidates’ economically wacky proposals, and Congress’ looming lame duck.

AAF products mentioned in today’s episode:

• In “The Inflation Reduction Act’s Drug Price Negotiation,” AAF experts provide up-to-date analysis on the IRA’s drug pricing provisions.

• In “Video: Fed Rate Cut,” Holtz-Eakin reacts to the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates for the first time in four years.

• In “Biden Gets Corporate Taxes Backward,” AAF Board Member and former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady and Holtz-Eakin discuss the benefits of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s corporate tax cuts and review the potential harms of President Biden’s proposed corporate rate increases for American workers, companies, and consumers.

• In “Trump Flavors the Debate With SALT,” Holtz-Eakin discusses presidential candidate Donald Trump’s flip-flop on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provision that caps the deductibility of state and local taxes at $10,000.

• In “Manufacturing and Economic Policy,” Holtz-Eakin debunks the assumptions underlying Trump’s manufacturing policy promises.

• In “No Taxes on Tips – the Gresham’s Law of Campaign Policies,” Holtz-Eakin explains why exempting tips from income tax, as proposed by both candidates, is a bad idea.

• In “A U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund?” Holtz-Eakin considers the Biden and Trump proposals for creating a U.S. sovereign wealth fund.

• In “Price Controls – Evidently More Addictive Than Nicotine,” Holtz-Eakin reviews the problems of lawmakers’ price-control policies, passed and proposed.

• In “Expanding the Child Tax Credit by Raising the Corporate Rate: The Macroeconomic Impact,” AAF commissioned EY’s Quantitative Economics and Statistics Group to examine the macroeconomic impacts of permanently expanding the CTC, paid for by raising the corporate tax rate.

• In “Harris Small Business Proposals,” Holtz-Eakin considers the problems in Harris’ proposals for small business growth.

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