"Interview with James Poterba"

This is part of a much longer Minneapolis Fed interview with the new president and CEO of the NBER, James Poterba. Given the discussions about tax simplification that always come up around elections, e.g. the flat tax, the comments toward the end on the problems with "having one tax schedule for everybody" are notable: Tax Reform Region: Let me throw you in the deep end. With the presidential election drawing near, tax policy is sure to become a topic of increasing debate. As a tax scholar