What if there were one mechanism that could support workers and communities harmed as a result of technological change; mediate the forces of the global economy; and adequately fund urgent public priorities such as education, health, and climate? In this episode, economist Kimberly Clausing stops by to talk with Steven Dean about how tax can address big challenges such as increasing inequality and growing threats to the middle class. Clausing reveals her prescription for more equitably sharing the fruits of economic progress as explored in her recent book, Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital. Her pencil question comes from an article by Ajay Mehrotra and Julia Ott.