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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, October 9\, 2025 as John W. Diamond\, Ph
 .D. as we look at the current economic state. With Bill King handling the 
 host role\, we anticipate the unexpected.  John W. Diamond\, Ph.D.\, is t
 he Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Senior Fellow in Public Finance and
  the senior director of the Center for Tax and Budget Policy at the Baker 
 Institute\, an adjunct professor of economics at Rice University and CEO o
 f Tax Policy Advisers\, LLC. His research interests are federal tax and ex
 penditure policy\, state and local public finance\, and the construction a
 nd simulation of computable general equilibrium models. His current resear
 ch focuses on the economic effects of corporate tax reform\, the economic 
 and distributional effects of fundamental tax reform\, taxation and housin
 g values\, public sector pensions\, and various other tax and expenditure 
 policy issues. Diamond is co-editor of “Pathways to Fiscal Reform in the
  United States” (The MIT Press\, 2015) and “Fundamental Tax Reform: Is
 sues\, Choices and Implications” (The MIT Press\, 2008). He has testifie
 d before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee\, the U.S. House Budget C
 ommittee\, the Senate Finance Committee\, the Joint Economic Committee and
  other federal and state committees on issues related to tax policy and th
 e U.S. economy. Diamond served as forum editor for the National Tax Journa
 l (2009-2017) and on the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation\, U.S. C
 ongress (2000-2004). He has also served as a consultant for the World Bank
  on the efficacy of structural adjustment programs. He received his Ph.D. 
 in economics from Rice University in 2000.   Join Virtually ---> October 
 9\, 2025 
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SUMMARY:John W. Diamond\, Ph.D.
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 ize: 18px\; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%\;"><b><i>John W. Diamond\, Ph.D
 . as we look at the current economic state. With Bill King handling the ho
 st role\, we anticipate the unexpected.&nbsp\;</i></b></span><br />\n<br /
 >\nJohn W. Diamond\, Ph.D.\, is the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Se
 nior Fellow in Public Finance and the senior director of the Center for Ta
 x and Budget Policy at the Baker Institute\, an adjunct professor of econo
 mics at Rice University and CEO of Tax Policy Advisers\, LLC. His research
  interests are federal tax and expenditure policy\, state and local public
  finance\, and the construction and simulation of computable general equil
 ibrium models. His current research focuses on the economic effects of cor
 porate tax reform\, the economic and distributional effects of fundamental
  tax reform\, taxation and housing values\, public sector pensions\, and v
 arious other tax and expenditure policy issues.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizin
 g: border-box\; transition: 0ms\; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem\; padding: 0px\;
  border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; background-image:
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 8px\; line-height: 28px\; caret-color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\; color: rgb(27\,
  27\, 27)\; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%\;">Diamond is co-editor of &ldq
 uo\;Pathways to Fiscal Reform in the United States&rdquo\; (The MIT Press\
 , 2015) and &ldquo\;Fundamental Tax Reform: Issues\, Choices and Implicati
 ons&rdquo\; (The MIT Press\, 2008). He has testified before the U.S. House
  Ways and Means Committee\, the U.S. House Budget Committee\, the Senate F
 inance Committee\, the Joint Economic Committee and other federal and stat
 e committees on issues related to tax policy and the U.S. economy. Diamond
  served as forum editor for the National Tax Journal (2009-2017) and on th
 e staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation\, U.S. Congress (2000-2004). He
  has also served as a consultant for the World Bank on the efficacy of str
 uctural adjustment programs.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; tra
 nsition: 0ms\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; v
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 -color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\; color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\; -webkit-text-size-a
 djust: 100%\;">He received his Ph.D. in economics from Rice University in 
 2000.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; transition: 0ms\; margin: 
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 olor: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%\;"><span style="f
 ont-size:20px\;"><strong><a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi
 n/19%3a10e6a0ea314b4d128d68554dab1e6fec%40thread.tacv2/1759499104129?conte
 xt=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2209a54eb0-775b-490b-89a6-efda8bc70f57%22%2c%22Oid%22%3
 a%22e99b369a-b91c-498b-b86a-9985c30662d1%22%7d"><span style="color:#17458f
 \;">Join Virtually ---&gt\;</span><span style="color:#FF0000\;"> October 9
 \, 2025</span></a></strong></span></p>\n
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