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Could Tariffs Replace the Income Tax? Lessons From U.S. History (From History Is Taxing)

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Tax Notes Talk presents History Is Taxing, our new podcast exploring the tax origins of today’s biggest topics, connecting the present to the past with tax experts Robert Goulder and Joseph J. Thorndike of Tax Notes. 

In this episode, Goulder and Thorndike explore how America’s first tariffs shaped the nation’s fiscal policy and set the stage for today’s federal income tax. 

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jeanne Rauch-Zender, Paige Jones
Producer and Editor: Jordan Parrish

Special thanks to Christopher Trigo and Carolyn Kuimelis for their help on this episode.

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This episode is sponsored by Portugal Pathways. For more information, visit portugalpathways.io.

This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.