Update: View a video of this presentation.
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney present sharply different visions about the role of government in the United States, particularly in tax policy and health policy. Andrea Louise Campbell, MIT professor of political science, is studying the impact that the presidential election will have on these and other issues—including Social Security, Medicare, and health insurance.
A few hours before the first presidential debate, Campbell will offer her thoughts on taxes and health care, provide insight into each candidate’s proposed policies, and take questions from the worldwide MIT community via interactive video chat on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, from noon-12:30 p.m. (EDT).
Register for this free event—Impact of the Presidential Election on Tax and Health Policy—to receive the link for live viewing. After the event, return to the Slice of MIT blog and continue the conversation in the comments.
About Andrea Louise Campbell
Andrea Louise Campbell’s interests include American politics, political behavior, public opinion, and political inequality, particularly their intersection with social welfare policy, health policy, and tax policy. She is the author of How Policies Make Citizens: Senior Citizen Activism and the American Welfare State and co-authored The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Provision.
Her April 4, 2012, op-ed in the New York Times, “Down the Insurance Rabbit Hole,” was cited by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her opinion to uphold the Affordable Care Act. Her research has appeared in the American Political Science Review, Political Behavior, Comparative Political Studies, Politics & Society, Studies in American Political Development, and Health Affairs. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard and her doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Comments
khan
Fri, 09/28/2012 11:36am
Hey the link you give for free registration is not working please guide me how I visit registration page and get registered ?
Ron
Thu, 10/04/2012 2:07pm
I thought the webcast was very informative from Professor Campbell.
That said, I agree with thought process (and what I believe is the heart) of the question in the webcast on US taxes and economic-health vs. other countries, and the resulting discussion on Germany. I don't claim to know Germany, but I do have a healthy concern for whether even Germany has long-term economic health or even if so, whether it can be stated that it is a result of or correlated to tax policy.
Long story short, while I don't doubt the data that Professor Campbell pointed to, that US taxes are lower than 'similar' countries (was it 3rd lowest of 34?), I'm not sure that necessarily means that are taxes are low in absolute terms and should therefore go up.
-Ron
ronphelan73@gmail.com
and as asked . I don't know
Jeffs
Wed, 10/03/2012 4:32pm
You mentioned Germany as an example of a long term sound economy, and yet Germany's success (exports) seems strongly tied to other failing economies in the Eurozone. Without a Eurozone wealth re-disstribution system, or vastly inproving the competitiveness of the failing Eurozone economies, is Germany's economy really sound long term?
Jay London
Fri, 09/28/2012 11:45am
Hello Khan,
The link should be working. Here is the direct link: http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&gid=13&pgid=10679&content_id=14734.