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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was bold and controversial from the start. When first conceived, it was far from obvious that it would be possible given the circumstances of the times. Drawing from a December 2013 Hoover Institution conference on "NAFTA at 20," this book brings together distinguished academics who have studied the effects of NAFTA with high-level policy makers to present a comprehensive view of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It looks at the conception, creation, outcomes so far, and the future of NAFTA from the perspective of economists, historians, a

Goals of fundamental tax reform / Bill Archer -- A framework for the tax reform debate / Michael J. Boskin -- The flat tax : a simple progressive consumption tax / Robert E. Hall and Alvin Rabushka -- The Nunn-Domenici USA tax : analysis and comparisons / Murray Weidenbaum -- A hybrid approach to the direct taxation of consumption / Charles E. McLure Jr. and George R. Zodrow -- The role of a value-added tax in fundamental tax reform / Gilbert E. Metcalf -- The economic and civil liberties case for a national sales tax / Stephen Moore -- Consumption taxes : some fundamental transition issues / David F. Bradford -- Providing appropriate information on tax reform / Kenneth J. Kies -- Saving and consumption taxation : the federal retail sales tax example / Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- The economic impact of fundamental tax reform / Dale W. Jorgenson