[First Tuesdays Transcript] Moderated by Jodie Allen of U.S. News & World Report, this Urban Institute First Tuesdays Forum takes a look at the 2001 Tax Cut also know as the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) one year after it’s inception. The panel was made up of the co-directors of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution’s joint Tax Policy Center, Len Burman and Bill Gale. Joining them on the panel were Eric Engen of AEI and former Congressman William Frenzel.

June’s First Tuesday forum looked at the 2001 tax cut from the vantage point of one year later. Panelists examined the features and consequences of EGTRRA; discussed the effects that tax cuts have on individuals, the economy, productivity, and government spending; analyzed the explosive growth of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) and considered alternatives to it; and explored the political considerations of tax cuts.

[First Tuesdays Transcript] Moderated by Jodie Allen of U.S. News & World Report, this Urban Institute First Tuesdays Forum takes a look at the 2001 Tax Cut also know as the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA) one year after it’s inception. The panel was made up of the co-directors of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution’s joint Tax Policy Center, Len Burman and Bill Gale. Joining them on the panel were Eric Engen of AEI and former Congressman William Frenzel.