[I am happy to post this follow-up essay from Professor Rob Natelson]. My July 12 entry provided links to Founding-era sources showing that the Constitution's category of "direct taxes" included ...

Direct indexing’s popularity has soared, with assets invested in direct indexes exceeding $260 billion at the end of 2022. This approach, which involves investing in the individual securities ...

Direct taxes are imposed directly on individuals and entities according to their income or wealth whilst indirect tax is imposed on goods, services or transactions and eventually paid by consumers.