The Hoover Institution in DC hosts Ideas Uncorked: The Billionaire Tax Act: From California to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, November 17 from 5:00-6:30 pm ET. The event will feature Benjamin Jaros.
FEATURING
Benjamin Jaros
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
ABOUT
Benjamin Jaros is an economist and research fellow at the Hoover Institution. He specializes in public finance, financial economics, and economic history, with a focus on federal, state, and local taxation. His recent research examines wealth taxation, budget scoring, taxpayer behavioral responses to income tax changes, state tax reforms, and colonial-era tobacco tariffs. He produces revenue estimates and fiscal impact analyses of state and federal tax policy.
His research and commentary have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, RealClearPolitics, and The New York Times. He was a 2026 Lincoln Fellow of the Claremont Institute and serves as a member of the Steamboat Institute’s Emerging Leaders Council. He has previously worked at the Tax Foundation and served as a research assistant in academic, policy, and private-sector settings.
