There is a broad consensus among liberal and conservative economists that a corporate tax rate above zero is a dumb idea. Not quite. To add to tptacek's earlie

There is a broad consensus among liberal and conservative economists that a corporate tax rate above zero is a dumb idea. Not quite. To add to tptacek's earlier comment: Planet Money's feature was strongly criticized afterwards for mischaracterizing the panelists's opinions, and overselling them as full-fledged policy positions [1,2]. Besides, the members were not representative enough to reliably infer a "broad consensus" from their agreements alone. [1] http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/the-disagreement-behind-planet-moneys-economic-platform http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/the-disagreeme... [2] http://www.samefacts.com/2012/08/drug-policy/planet-money-and-planet-earth/ http://www.samefacts.com/2012/08/drug-policy/planet-money-an...