Losing Talent and Treasure: Uncompetitive Tax Regime Drives Upper-Income Exodus

Joe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute’s Economic Research Associate Aidan Enright about his new paper “Debunking Migration Myths.” With this research, Aidan examines the link between Massachusetts’ tax regime and the outflow of high earners to states with more competitive rates. Joe and Aidan discuss how policymakers can use tax rate migration data to inform future policy choices.

Guest:

Aidan Enright is Pioneer’s Economic Research Associate, responsible for analyzing data and developing reports on the state’s business climate and economic opportunity. Prior to working at Pioneer, he worked as a tutor and mentor in a Providence city school and was an intern for a U.S. Senator and the RI Department of Administration. Aidan earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and economics with a concentration in U.S. national politics from the College of Wooster.

WATCH:

Recent Episodes

Landlord’s Foreseeable Duty: Who Is Liable When Crime Lands on the Doorstep?

August 22, 2023

Joe Selvaggi talks with retired Federal Judge Frank Bailey, president of Pioneer Public Interest Law Center, about the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision in Hill-Junious v. UTP Realty, LLC, regarding the limits of liability for a landlord when a murder occurs near her tenant’s location, and the challenges facing small entrepreneurs in high-crime communities.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Hubwonk-166-Landlord-liability-082220231.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2023-08-22 10:28:062023-08-22 10:28:56Landlord’s Foreseeable Duty: Who Is Liable When Crime Lands on the Doorstep?

Trump’s Trial’s Tribulations: Legal Merits of Four Federal Felony Fraud Indictments

August 15, 2023

Joe Selvaggi talks with legal scholar and George Mason University professor Ilya Somin about the legal merits of the federal indictments against former President Donald Trump and what is likely to come next in the legal proceedings against him and other defendants in the cases involving the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Hubwonk-165-Trump-trial-Somin-081520231.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2023-08-15 10:58:282023-08-15 10:58:28Trump’s Trial’s Tribulations: Legal Merits of Four Federal Felony Fraud Indictments

Black Box Budget: Late, Loaded, and Lacking Transparency

August 8, 2023

Joe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute’s Senior Fellow in Economic Opportunity Eileen McAnneny about the features and flaws of the recently passed 2024 Massachusetts state budget now waiting for Governor Healey’s approval.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Hubwonk-164-state-budget-McAnneny-080820231.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2023-08-08 09:50:332023-08-08 09:50:33Black Box Budget: Late, Loaded, and Lacking Transparency

Sabotaging Strategic Success: How Price Controls Could Imperil U.S. Pharma Industry

August 1, 2023

Joe Selvaggi talks with Pioneer Institute’s Director of Life Sciences Initiative Dr. Bill Smith about the policies that drove biopharmaceutical company from Europe to the U.S., and how proposed, similar price controls in President Biden’s Fair Prices Act could distort incentives away from innovation and threaten the success of a thriving and vital U.S. industry.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Hubwonk-163-drug-prices-Smith-08012023.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2023-08-01 11:02:472023-08-01 11:12:12Sabotaging Strategic Success: How Price Controls Could Imperil U.S. Pharma Industry