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Vanessa S. Williamson

About the Author

Vanessa S. Williamson is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and at the Tax Policy Center. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Nation, and elsewhere. She lives in Washington, DC.

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