Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
‘Buy America’: Protectionist Peril or Politically Practical? The Issue of Government Procurement: In January of 2021, President Biden signed executive order 14005, “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers.” Commonly known as ‘Buy America’, E.O. 14005 is a prime example of the Biden Administration’s commitment to reducing reliance […]
Governments assess taxation as a market transaction; however, paying taxes is a social obligation and not only the cost of doing business in a jurisdiction. Rethinking how governments determine tax burdens might cause taxpayers to treat the tax system as a social responsibility. More specifically, if tax authorities were to harness public opinion in auditing […]