Alan Auerbach quoted by Fortune.com, March 15, 2018

“We exported a financial crisis to the rest of the world, and they sent us their money,” says UC–Berkeley economist Alan Auerbach.

Alan Auerbach quoted by The Sacramento Bee, March 13, 2018

“The tax increases we’re talking about are so ridiculously high that you can’t assume there wouldn’t be significant behavioral responses – people earning less income or leaving the state,” said Alan Auerbach.

Alan Auerbach quoted by Bloomberg BNA, March 13, 2018

“Legislators somehow feel that NOL recovery is sort of an inappropriate gift, whereas it really is a way of cushioning the effects of cyclical income,” he said, calling the provision a “money grab.” “Tightening the rules—getting rid of the loss carrybacks, allowing only 80 percent offset against taxable income in the future—I think that is not good for cyclical industries.”

Alan Auerbach quoted by The New York Times, Jan. 26, 2018

A significant chunk of the United States trade gap has been caused by companies overstating imports from their foreign subsidiaries and underreporting exports, Mr. Auerbach said.

Alan Auerbach writes for Bloomberg, Oct. 27, 2017

The U.S. business tax system sorely needs reform, particularly in the way it deals with multinational corporations. But we must pay close attention to what Congress and the Trump administration propose. Change in the guise of reform has the capacity to make things worse, and the secretive, often chaotic nature of the current process provides ample opportunity to do so.

Alan Auerbach quoted by The Washington Post, Oct. 16, 2017

Auerbach says business tax cuts can increase wages “under some circumstances.” But he does not think that simply cutting the rates from 35 percent to 20 percent is enough.

Alan Auerbach quoted by The Washington Post, Sept. 27, 2017

Trump and Congress have to get the tax recipe right if they really want to have a good chance at boosting middle-class wages. Auerbach says there are two things lawmakers should do.

First, they need to ensure the 2017 (or 2018) tax bill doesn’t add to America’s $20 trillion debt. Second, they need to find ways to incentivize business investment.

Alan Auerbach quoted by The Washington Post, Aug. 30, 2017

Alan Auerbach … said some of the ideas Trump floated during the speech could boost economic growth and potentially grow wages, but it would depend on how the tax changes were designed and structured. He also said it would depend greatly on whether the tax plan would add to the government debt. Trump didn’t mention his plan’s impact on the debt or the deficit during the speech. “It’s hard to have a consensus about a policy about which you know very little,” Auerbach said.

Alan Auerbach quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, April 15, 2017

Alan Auerbach … dismissed the $1,700 increase as “silly” and “outside the range” of economic projections of what the tax might do. … “It would encourage companies to make their products in America,” said Auerbach, who thinks it would also convince some Silicon Valley companies, such as Google and Apple, to stop basing operations in countries like Ireland, which have much lower corporate tax burdens.

Alan Auerbach quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 29, 2016

“If you’re in an industry where being in California isn’t important, then California probably isn’t a good place to operate,” said Alan Auerbach. … “One reason the state’s economy does well is because of the strong (geographic) advantages some industries have.”