Economics
The IMF Channels Bernie Sanders on Taxes
- Hometown of Washington Consensus sees row over redistribution
- Treasury slams Fund’s tax study, disagrees with its forecasts
Furman Says Tax Cuts Don't Pay for Themselves
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The International Monetary Fund spent decades telling the world’s governments how to run their economies on an American-inspired blueprint that became known as the Washington Consensus.
There wasn’t much consensus between the Fund and the White House on Wednesday, as they got embroiled in an unusually public disagreement over President Donald Trump’s tax plans.