Former Staff
Joel Friedman
Areas of Expertise: Tax — Federal
Joel Friedman was a Senior Fellow at the Center from September 2000 to December 2006 . He divided his time between federal tax and budget issues and the International Budget Project. Friedman's work on federal tax issues included estate tax, income tax and alternative minimum tax; while his work with the IBP focused on budget transparency and fiscal decentralization. Immediately prior to coming to the Center, he worked in the South African Ministry of Finance, where he spent nearly four years as the U.S. Treasury's resident budget advisor. While there he helped develop and implement a range of budget reforms with a particular focus on the country's new intergovernmental fiscal system. Before moving to South Africa, he was the Director of Budget Analysis for the House Budget Committee and a financial economist in the Budget Review Division of OMB. He holds an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a B.A. from Pomona College.
Recent Reports
- Joint Tax Committee Estimate Shows That Tax Gimmick Being Designed To Evade Senate Budget Rules Would Increase Long-Term Deficits
- Last-Minute Addition To Tax Package Would Make Health Savings Accounts More Attractive As Tax Shelters For High-Income Individuals
- Comparing the House Minimum Wage and Estate Tax Proposals
- House Estate Tax Proposal Has Essentially the Same Large Long-Term Cost As Earlier Version
- Saver's Credit For Moderate-Income Families Would Fade Away Over Time Under House-Passed Pension Bill
