Friday February 22, 2019
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Dampeer Room
Kelvin Smith Library*
Case Western Reserve University
Dear Colleagues:
Taxes are a crucial, poorly understood, and never popular part of public policy. They also are the subject of intense conflict about distribution and near-theological disputes about economic effects.
We see plenty of such disputes in Ohio. On one hand, the Tax Foundation and Buckeye Institute assert that, “Ohio has one of the worst business tax climates in the country,” and that municipal income taxes make “Ohio’s individual income tax system one of the worst in the country.” On the other hand, Policy Matters Ohio reports that, “Not only does Ohio’s state and local tax system fail to produce enough revenue to properly fund schools, child care, transit and more, it’s upside down… Ohio ranks 13th in the nation in tax unfairness.”
Being especially regressive and anti-business is an impressive “accomplishment” – if true. Some things are clear – such as that Ohio’s sales taxes have risen while state income tax top rates fell over recent decades. Others involve questions of incidence and efficiency that require a public finance specialist to explain. What, for example, is the effect of Ohio’s complex of tax credits and exclusions? Or of the specific and unusual ways Ohio taxes businesses? Join us for expert perspective on the lifeblood of government – anemic though it may be!
All best regards,
Joe White
Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies
About Our Guest
Tatyana Guzman joined Levin College faculty in 2013. Tatyana graduated the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University Bloomington (IU) with majors in Public Finance and Policy Analysis and a minor in Education Policy Studies. Her dissertation grant was sponsored by American Educational Research Association, which receives funding for its grants from the National Science Foundation. Tatyana holds a MA degree in Economics. Her research interests are in higher and secondary education finance, municipal finance, budgeting, and personal income tax area. Her works were published in Public Budgeting and Finance (PBF), Policy Studies Journal (PSJ), American Review of Public Administration (ARPA), and other outlets. Tatyana has 13 years of teaching experience. Before joining Cleveland State University she taught economics, statistics, and public finance classes at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) and Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Where We Meet
The Friday Public Affairs Lunch convenes each Friday when classes are in session, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Our programs are open to all and no registration is required. We usually meet in the Dampeer Room of Kelvin Smith Library.
* Kelvin Smith Library requires all entrants to show identification when entering the building, unless they have a university i.d. that they can magnetically scan. We are sorry if that seems like a hassle, but it has been Library policy for a while in response to security concerns. Please do not complain to the library staff at the entrance, who are just doing their jobs.
Parking Possibilities
The most convenient parking is the lot underneath Severance Hall. We regret that it is not free. From that lot there is an elevator up to street level (labeled as for the Thwing Center); it is less than 50 yards from that exit to the library entrance. You can get from the Severance garage to the library without going outside. Near the entry gates – just to the right if you were driving out – there is a door into a corridor. Walk down the corridor and there will be another door. Beyond that door you’ll find the entrance to an elevator which goes up to an entrance right inside the doors to Kelvin Smith Library.
Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:
March 1: A European Perspective on American Politics. With Patrick Chamorel, Senior Resident Scholar, Stanford University Center in Washington, DC. Alternate Location: Guildord House First Floor Parlor, 11112 Bellflower Road, Cleveland.
March 8: Victims, Perpetrators, and the Problem of Domestic Violence. With Laura Voith, Assistant Professor, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
March 15: No Discussion, Spring Break
March 22: Germany’s New Party Politics? With Andreas Sobisch, Associate Professor of Political Science, John Carroll University.
March 29: Punishment Beyond Prison: The Effects of Collateral Sanctions. With Michael Shields, Researcher, Policy Matters Ohio.
April 5: Budget Blues: Yes, It Can Get Worse. With Joe White, Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy.
April 12: The Polar Silk Road? With Kathryn C. Lavelle, Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs.
April 19: Managing in a Trumped-Up Economy. With Mark Sniderman, Executive-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Weatherhead School, and former Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
April 26: What Do We Know About the Health and Safety Effects of Marijuana: Medical, Recreational, or Otherwise? With Theodore Parran Jr. MD, Isabel and Carter Wang Professor and Chair in Medical Education and Associate Director, Rosary Hall at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. |
