Taxes are the DNA of the economy: invisible, cryptic, and awesomely powerful. But unfortunately, the tax system penalizes many of the activities northwesterners want more of--such as work and investment, while encouraging activities that northwesterners want less of--such as sprawl and waste.

In this section, you'll find Sightline's research and resources on a revolutionary approach to tax reform called tax shifting--or green taxes--which replaces taxes on "goods" with taxes on "bads."