Alvin Rabushka

Alvin Rabushka (born May 15, 1940) is an American political scientist. He is a David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and member of the Mont Pelerin Society. He is best known for his work on taxation and transition economies. Together with Robert Hall, he wrote a detailed flat tax plan known as the Hall–Rabushka flat tax.

Publications Taxation in Colonial America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Politics in Plural Societies: A Theory of Democratic Instability From Predation to Prosperity: How to Move from Socialism to Markets (October 20, 2008) Fixing Russia's Banks: A Proposal for Growth. Hoover Institution Press, 2013. The Flat Tax