Author of key Ryan tax reform plank is Berkeley professor who advised Kerry

Published March 19, 2017 8:50pm ET



House Speaker Paul Ryan’s ambitious tax overhaul relies on an import tax concept originally developed by a Berkeley economist who once advised Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

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