Manhattan Institute Scholar

Josh Barro is the Walter B. Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on state and local fiscal issues. He is the co-author of the Empire Center for New York State Policy's "Blueprint for a Better Budget". His recent work has included studies on public employee pensions and on property-tax reform.

Barro is a frequent television, radio, and print commentator on fiscal and economic issues. He writes bi-weekly on fiscal issues for RealClearMarkets.com, is a regular contributor on National Review Online and has also written for publications including the New York Post, the New York Daily News, the Washington Examiner, National Review, and City Journal. Prior to joining the Manhattan Institute, Barro served as a staff economist at the Tax Foundation, and worked as a commercial real estate finance analyst for Wells Fargo Bank. Barro holds a B.A. from Harvard College.

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Articles/Op-eds

Do One Percent of Americans Pay 38 Percent of "Taxes"?, Forbes.com, 01-30-12
What's Wrong With the Buffett Rule, Forbes.com, 01-27-12
No, You Don't Have to Make $200,000 to Have a Higher Tax Rate than Buffett, Forbes, 01-25-12
A Breath of Hope, New York Post, 01-18-12
Democrat Raimondo's Rhode Island Reforms Are Remarkable, Washington Examiner, 01-05-12
Washington Sickness Seen In Payroll Tax Fiasco, Washington Examiner, 12-22-11
Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment, National Review Online, 12-17-11
Yes, Layoffs Are Bad, National Review Online, 12-13-11
A Tax Code for Tomorrow, Wall Street Journal, 12-10-11
Newt Gingrich on the GSE Model, National Review Online, 12-06-11
How Washington Should Respond, New York Times Economix Blog, 11-16-11
Cain's 9-9-9 Plan, Flat and VAT and Shifting Burdens, Wall Street Journal, 10-25-11
Irwin Seltzer's Cultural Defense of 9-9-9, National Review Online, 10-23-11
Evaluating Art Laffer's Critique on 9-9-9, National Review Online, 10-19-11
Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Has a VAT PLUS a Sales Tax, National Review Online, 10-11-11
'Our Best Hope Is That Romney Has A Secret Plan', The Guardian, 10-11-11
What Occupy Wall Street Can Learn From The Tea Party, New York Daily News, 10-09-11
We Are the 99 Percent--Even Rich People, National Review Online, 10-05-11
Center for American Progress Playing Misleading Baseline Games, National Review Online, 09-01-11
Are We Really Parsing the President's Summer Reading List Now?, National Review Online, 08-23-11
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Research

Cadillac Coverage: The High Cost of Public Employee Health Benefits Civic Report 65, July 2011
Tools for Better Budgets: Options for State and Local Governments to Manage Employee Costs Issue Brief 9, March 2011
Unmasking Hidden Costs: Best Practices for Public Pension Transparency Civic Report 63, February 2011
Evaluating States' Credit with Bond Yields Issue Brief 6, September 2010
Do Property-Tax Caps Work? Lessons for New Jersey from Massachusetts Civic Report 62, May 2010
Underfunded Teacher Pension Plans: It's Worse Than You Think Civic Report 61, April 2010
New Health Care Taxes to Slam Tri-state Area Issue Brief 2, February 2010
Two Americas: Public Sector Gains in Recession Issue Brief 1, February 2010
Blueprint for a Better Budget ECNY Special Report, January 4, 2010
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City Journal articles

A Tax Code for Tomorrow, Autumn 2011
Pawlenty’s Fuzzy Budget Math, 9 June 2011
Land of Delinquents, Spring 2011
Magical Health-Care Savings, 15 April 2011
Manhattan’s Other Building Controversy, 24 August 2010
Empire of Excess, Winter 2010
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