Nathan Gusdorf

Nathan Gusdorf is the Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute. He is a tax attorney by training, and before joining FPI worked in the tax department of an international law firm in New York City. Prior to law school, he was a Visiting Scholar in Philosophy and Political Theory at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and a member of the Normative Orders Research Centre. Nathan received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A. in Philosophy, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College.

Recent Work

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Download the Memo Download the Report The Fiscal Policy Institute today released two publications on how to fix New York State's insolvent unemployment insurance system: a memo recommending tax changes, and a short report detailing the UI system’s chronic underfunding and low benefit level. Unemployment insurance (UI), which provides temporary income to laid-off workers, is one of the State’s most important economic stabilization policies. Unemployment can both throw workers into poverty and exacerbate recessions by driving down demand; UI counteracts these risks and can soften the blow of an economic [...]

March 24th, 2025|Must Read, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax Policy|
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Inequality in New York & Options for Progressive Tax Reform

A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds that New York State is home to the highest concentration of extreme wealth in the United States. New York State also has the greatest income inequality in the United States. In order to understand inequality, we need to look at both income and wealth. By both of these measures, New York is the most unequal state in the nation.

November 9th, 2022|Must Read, Tax Policy|
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