Supply-side economics is the intellectual backbone of the argument that tax cuts for the wealthy will boost business investment, wages and growth. The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Ph.D. candidate in Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts
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Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Director of the Center for Energy Innovation, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, UMass Boston
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Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Meteorology, UMass Lowell
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Professor & Chair of Political Science; Director of the Center for Public Opinion, UMass Lowell
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Mel King Fellow, MIT CoLab; Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center, UMass Boston
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Ph.D. Candidate in Systems Biology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor of Physics, UMass Lowell
