Article: The Labyrinth of Capital Gains Tax Policy: A Guide for the Perplexed.(Review)

The Labyrinth of Capital Gains Tax Policy: A Guide for the Perplexed. By LEONARD E. BURMAN. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1999. Pp. 196.

The Labyrinth of Capital Gains Tax Policy is aptly named; here is an outstanding guide through the maze of conflicting and confusing claims and arguments about the capital gains tax. Is cutting capital gains taxes the ultimate supply-side dream? Or is it a windfall for the wealthiest of the wealthy? The answers to these questions--and to understanding the claims and counterclaims--are, as Burman states at the outset, to be found by understanding the statistics, and what lies behind them.

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