Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman: The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
Journal
Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
ISSN
1934-4554
Type
book review
Date Issued
2020-06-05
Author(s)
Abstract
"The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay" is a book about taxation and inequality in the United States. It contains some comparisons to other countries and is certainly relevant beyond the US. The book describes how US taxes became less and less progressive, up to the point where the richest of the rich pay a lower fraction of their income in taxes than the middle class. The authors propose a variety of measures to address this, including the introduction of a progressive wealth tax and of an effective minimum corporate income tax.
Language
English
Keywords
Tax Progressivity
Optimal Taxation
Inequality
Tax Evasion
Tax Avoidance
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
HSG Profile Area
SOF - System-wide Risk in the Financial System
Book title
The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
Publisher
Springer
Volume
Forthcoming.
Subject(s)
Contact Email Address
matthias.weber@unisg.ch
Eprints ID
260436
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