Gawain Kripke

Underneath the populist rhetoric is a regressive tax plan that hurts more than it helps.

Hint: it wasn’t the candidates.

In the world according to Republican presidential candidates, inequality isn’t a problem and climate change doesn’t exist.

This small South American country is taxing wealthy estates and distributing the proceeds directly to workers.

As a millennial, I take the push to ditch the estate tax personally.

With two new legislative initiatives, Senator Sanders is proposing to tax Wall Street speculators to guarantee all Americans a good shot at a college degree.

An innovative new program helps low-income families become homeowners while engaging in social change.

With outright lies dominating the estate tax debate on Capitol Hill, two Washington Post columnists have incredibly different takes on the untruths of the anti-tax crowd.

More robust estate taxes could cover the cost of making public colleges and universities tuition-free.

Estate tax critics never let facts get in the way of a good story.

A new landmark student debt strike is drawing attention to the desperate need for action on a student debt crisis that’s enriching a few at the expense of an entire generation.

Congress needs to shut down offshore tax shelters without rewarding the corporations that built them.

With all the NFL scandals from this past season, the one that has received the least attention is the easiest to solve: the league’s tax-exempt status.

The White House is going after the tax code provision that lets the super rich avoid billions of dollars of taxes.

Advancing tuition-free community college is only the latest example of the bold actions he’s suddenly taking.

FPIF asked Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute and Gawain Kripke of Oxfam whether international trade is good for agriculture or not. Mittal sees free trade as hazardous to farmers and farming. Kripke sees a role for trade in sustainable development. While they agree on many points, here they also take issue with each other’s positions.

FPIF asked Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute and Gawain Kripke of Oxfam whether international trade is good for agriculture or not. Mittal sees free trade as hazardous to farmers and farming. Kripke sees a role for trade in sustainable development. While they agree on many points, here they also take issue with each other’s positions.