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Tax Progressivity and Income Inequality
Joel Slemrod Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 052158776X |
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Should the rich bear the brunt of the tax burden, or should it be shared proportionately among the population? This issue has dominated recent public debates over the tax system, and is a controversial issue among economists. This book contains nine essays by economists on tax progressivity--how the tax burden is borne across income classes--and how the tax system affects the inequality of income. It presents the basic facts about how tax progressivity in the U.S. has changed in the 1980s, and assesses its role in exacerbating or offsetting the overall trend toward increased income inequality.
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Top Heavy: The Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America and What Can Be Done About It, Second Edition
Edward N. Wolff Manufacturer: New Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1565846656 |
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A revised and expanded edition of the shocking study that changed the way we think of wealth in America. A work that sparked widespread controversy when it was first published, Top Heavy is acclaimed economist Edward N. Wolff's eloquent presentation of the facts of wealth inequality in the United States. In a completely revised and updated edition of the book the Boston Review hailed as "the leading contemporary study of the distribution of wealth," Wolff reveals the unprecedented rise in recent years of wealth inequality and shows how it is one of the major forces challenging democracy and economic opportunity in America. Wolff vividly illustrates how the gap between the haves and the have-nots in terms of wealth is greater now than at any time since 1929, immediately preceding the Great Depression. As the nation considers trillion-dollar tax cuts and the abolishment of the estate tax, Top Heavy takes a sobering look at how the wealth of the top 1% of households continues its heartstopping expansion while the current distribution of wealth in America invites the surprisingly apt comparison with the class-dominated societies of nineteenth-century Europe. Top Heavy will continue to be an essential reference point in any discussion of what an economically healthy America might look like. B/W charts and graphs throughout.Customer Reviews:
A must.......2007-01-10
Timely proposals to ease America's most pressing political and social problem.......2005-12-29
the alarm has been sounded.......2004-02-26
Not only does this book outline the problem in detail, but it proposes a restructured tax system similar to that existing in many European countries, a tax system which would ease the burden on the poor, while placing little extra tax burdens on the rich-- and still raise billions more in tax revenue. Though this book is filled with statistical analyses, it is slim (fewer than a hundred pages), and those not mathematically inclined can skip to the conclusions here and there, which are written in clear, understandable prose. Well worth reading, and certain to be a wake-up call to anyone who has suspected that the middle class has been disappearing in this country.
Very Nice Survey of Wealth Inequality.......1999-11-28
According to his numbers--which are lousy, but are nevertheless the best we have or are likely to acquire-- in 1929 the richest one percent of households had about 41 percent of the economy's total wealth. But the leveling associated with the Depression and World War II had reduced the richest one percent's share to about 22 percent by 1945. Thereafter, the leveling trend continued. By the mid-1970s, the richest one percent's share--including the implicit value of rights and claims on the Social Security system. of total wealth was down to 13-16 percent of the economy's total wealth. But by the late 1980s, the richest one percent's' wealth was back up to 21 percent of the economy's total wealth. And scattered pieces of information suggest that the trend toward increasing inequality has continued into the 1990s.
Increasing inequality is not due to a surge in entrepreneurial activity: economic growth was unusually low in the 1980s (in substantial part because of the drain on investment resulting from the Reagan deficits). The fortunes made were, for the most part, not to any unusual extent the by-product of especially rapid economic growth.
Rising inequality is cause for alarm for two reasons: First, in a time of high inequality politics becomes nasty and democracy becomes less secure and stable. Second, an unequal economy--an economy in which the chances of striking it rich are larger and the chances of failing to maintain middle-class incomes are larger--fails to provide adequate social insurance. Risk-averse people would, if given a choice when young, overwhelmingly prefer to live in an equally rich overall but more equally distributed society.
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Top Heavy: A Study of the Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America (A Twentieth Century Fund Report)
Edward N. Wolff Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Foundation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0870783602 |
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A log-normal distribution.......2005-03-17
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Death and taxes;: Some perspectives on inheritance, inequality, and progressive taxation (Domestic affairs studies)
Richard E Wagner Manufacturer: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0844731005 |
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Fiscal Policy, Inequality and Welfare (Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 10)
J. A. Bishop , and Yoram Amiel Manufacturer: JAI Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0762310243 |
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Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 10, Fiscal Policy, Inequality and Welfare contains ten papers, both theoretical and applied, on tax progressivity and tax and transfer equity. Theory topics covered include consumption tax equity, alternative definitions of tax progressivity, horizontal equity and reranking. The applied work includes studies of Australia's consumption taxes, Israel's national insurance tax system, Mexican transfer system, Canadian tax equity, trends in US tax and transfer progressivity and a study of the impact of the repeal of the US marriage tax penalty.
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Inequalities: Theory, Measurement and Applications
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3211837140 |
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Wellknown economists analyze and discuss the latest developments in inequality economics, predominantly income inequality. The papers are theoretical, empirical and experimental and have not been published beforehand. They give answers to the problem of measurement of inequality and related topics such as equivalence scales or the influence especially of the public authorities in the way of different kinds of taxation. This volume is of special interest for all those working in the field of distributional economics.
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Inequality and Tax Policy
Kevin A. Hassett Manufacturer: AEI Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0844741442 |
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Top economists provide much-needed guidance--and some surprising conclusions--in response to rising public concerns about inequality in the U.S. tax system.
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Inequality and Taxation
Manufacturer: Jai Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0762301333 |
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Hardbound.
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Public Policies and the Japanese Economy: Savings, Investments, Unemployment, Inequality (Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy)
Toshiaki Tachibanaki Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0333589238 |
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Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 8 (Research on Economic Inequality)
Manufacturer: JAI Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 076230359X |
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Hardbound.
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The 1996 online advertising report: Web strategies, advertiser case studies, and market projections
Peter Storck Manufacturer: Jupiter Communications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006QMLXW |
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Consider extending your organization's brand online: positioning, consistent message pays off in long run.(Special Report: Web/Internet): An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Michael Rose Manufacturer: CBJ, L.P. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008E2EKM Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on September 29, 2003. The length of the article is 890 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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DTI markets computer repair via Internet : An article from: Boulder County Business Report
John Aguilar Manufacturer: Boulder Business Information Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000BDY0AC Release Date: 2005-09-12 |
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Feeding the internet.(Internet advertising): An article from: St. Louis Journalism Review
Rick Stoff Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000OT7IIY Release Date: 2007-03-21 |
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This digital document is an article from St. Louis Journalism Review, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1090 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Growing number of applications opens opportunities for mobile advertising.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE): An article from: The Mobile Internet (Boston, MA)
Gale Reference Team Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000WE2DOK Release Date: 2007-09-21 |
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This digital document is an article from The Mobile Internet (Boston, MA), published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 456 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Interactive ad revenues soar 33 percent.(FOCUS: MIDYEAR REVIEW)(Internet Advertising Revenue Report): An article from: Fairfield County Business Journal
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000AQB0W6 Release Date: 2005-08-04 |
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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on June 27, 2005. The length of the article is 605 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Internet Advertising Report
Mary Meeker Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0887308821 |
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In this exciting follow-up to their successful The Internet Report, Wall Street's Mary Meeker and the technology team at Morgan Stanley offer a groundbreaking look at the new world of advertising on the Net. Advertisers, ad agencies, web site owners, designers, entrepreneurs and investors alike will take away new strategies, ideas and answers to the most important question being asked about business on the Internet: How do you make it pay?
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Internet advertising spending to double its share by 2010.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE) : An article from: Internet Business Newsletter
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000FILDNA Release Date: 2006-04-25 |
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This digital document is an article from Internet Business Newsletter, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 435 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Internet puts another spin on marketing to generations: advertisers tap into telecommunications to reach Gen X and Y.(SPECIAL REPORT: Marketing and Promotions): ... An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Pat Broderick Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000V08PKQ Release Date: 2007-08-11 |
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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on July 2, 2007. The length of the article is 1644 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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It's a wide, wide wired world for advertisers. (Internet)(Special Report: Computers): An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Rick Griffin Manufacturer: CBJ, L.P. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00097KIK6 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on February 10, 1997. The length of the article is 1118 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Dealing with debt: Your guide to bankruptcy and other options (Practical law series)
Mary Trimble Manufacturer: Commission on Public Understanding About the Law, Division for Public Education, American Bar Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 1570732426 |
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