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Publications : Mattias Gugel

Testimony 

Long-Term Harms May Outweight Short-Term Benefits of Taxes on New Services and Digital Activity

by Jess Ward, Mattias Gugel February 10, 2026

Op-Ed 

Indiana's safety-net reforms matter to taxpayers

by Mattias Gugel January 28, 2026

Op-Ed 

Minnesota’s SNAP Fraud Fiasco Is the Warning Shot States Can’t Ignore

by Mattias Gugel January 19, 2026

Op-Ed 

The payroll tax you don’t see — and the raise you don’t get

by Mattias Gugel December 08, 2025

Blog 

The NJ Climate Superfund Will Make the Middle Class Pay for Sins They Didn’t Commit

by Mattias Gugel, Jess Ward December 01, 2025

Op-Ed 

Michigan’s ad tax plan: A road to nowhere (and fewer tourists)

by Mattias Gugel November 11, 2025

Op-Ed 

Missouri wants to charge you more to pay by credit card — without your say

by Jess Ward, Mattias Gugel November 09, 2025

Blog 

A Nobel for the Professor Who Taught Me about Plumbing and Progress

by Mattias Gugel October 21, 2025

Blog 

Don’t Blame the Swipe: I’ll Pay Extra for the Crispy Chicken Sandwich with Hot Honey, Not a Bad Bill

by Mattias Gugel August 11, 2025

Letters 

Arkansas Should Modernize Its Tax Treatment of Nonresident Workers

by Mattias Gugel July 01, 2025

Blog 

Too Messy for Illinois: Why Conservative States Shouldn’t Touch the Swipe Fee Ban

by Mattias Gugel, Jess Ward June 20, 2025

Blog 

Wisconsin’s Gig Workers Just Got a Green Light—Now Gov. Evers Needs to Keep It On

by Mattias Gugel June 20, 2025

Op-Ed 

Debanking Is a Mess; States Can’t Clean It Up

by Mattias Gugel, Jess Ward June 18, 2025

Blog 

The Texas Bank Blacklist Rides at Dawn

by Mattias Gugel, Jess Ward May 20, 2025