Can taxing or eliminating stock buybacks help reduce income inequality?

September 22, 2021 10:00 am (30 Minutes)

Discussion:

• The proposed “Stock Buyback Tax”
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/us/politics/stock-buybacks-partnerships-democrats-tax.html
  • Buyback tax proposal could blunt a major driver of stock market returns, experts warn – MarketWatch
  • Why Stock Buybacks Are Dangerous for the Economy (hbr.org)

If you missed last week’s discussion, you can find recordings here:

Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/rec/share/mf4b_1Etq2OB3jMzHonP8p231tE9lJ6u5wSIQt-GxJwtMV0DLjAQ6AQOIbiXVaqC.uFdjI8nBz0-yUcwJ

Youtube: https://youtu.be/CIssaqJZRI8

Over the next few weeks, I will schedule additional tax chats to cover all of the tax proposals being floated by lawmakers in the four page document linked in this article: Senate Democrats float tax options to pay for Biden’s multi-trillion dollar plan (nbcnews.com), also available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b8tlpo8v9bhlnro/523044904-SFC-Dems-Possible-Revenue-Provisions-and-Descriptions.pdf?dl=0