Comments on: Taxes and Inequality: Lessons from Abroad

By: “Tax Shifting And Political Power”: Why Romney Loves The States And Hates The Feds « mykeystrokes.com

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:30:42 +0000

[...] — you can move to a different country, but it’s harder, and given that the United States has a less redistributive tax and transfer system than any other advanced country, the option doesn’t really come into [...]

By: Box o Links « Nation of Beancounters

Box o Links « Nation of Beancounters — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:49:41 +0000

[...] Taxes, transfers and inequality reduction. (wonkish, but a must read if you want to be a [...]

By: sudo

sudo — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:50:40 +0000

Nice post, thank you!

By: Is the U.S. tax system more progressive than those of most other rich countries? « Consider the Evidence

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:03:11 +0000

[...] of most other affluent nations are slightly regressive. Details from Peter Whiteford, Lucy Barnes, me, and more from me. Share [...]

By: Abdullah Khan

Abdullah Khan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:27:40 +0000

[...] What should we conclude? I think the first chart here better reflects the impact of the U.S. tax system. It does very little to alter the market distribution of income. Redistribution is achieved mainly by government transfers rather than by taxes. We aren’t unusual in this respect, though; it’s the case in most if not all rich countries. [...]Forex Programming

By: Abdullah Khan

Abdullah Khan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:27:08 +0000

By: Follow-Up, Part I: Government’s Affect On Reducing Inequality « Civilized Conversation

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:07:02 +0000

[...] We had eleven folks last night, a typical turnout in numbers but a better-than-average-quality discussion, I thought. Thanks to Jim for his research, presentation, and for running the meeting. The subject was poverty, but as a follow-up, let me start with a post on inequality. Here is a chart that shows how much inequality the U.S. Government actually alleviates through taxing and spending, compared to nine other rich countries. (source) [...]

By: Lane Kenworthy, “Taxes and Inequality: Lessons from Abroad,” Kenworthy blog, Univ. of Arizona, 02/10/08 | VATINFO.org

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:32:20 +0000

[...] consumption tax (we currently have state and local sales taxes) would help to raise revenue.” http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/ Filed Under: Blog [...]

By: High Taxes and Egalitarianism

High Taxes and Egalitarianism — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:20:26 +0000

[...] presents these charts from Lane Kenworthy demonstrating that Europe taxed more and reduced inequality via taxes and government transfers than [...]

By: Matthew Yglesias » Northern Europe is Egalitarian Because of High Taxes

Matthew Yglesias » Northern Europe is Egalitarian Because of High Taxes — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:16:20 +0000

[...] pretty overwhelmingly indicates that the main reason these countries are more egalitarian is that they have equality-generating policies. Northern European countries do much more redistribution through transfer payments than we [...]

By: Flat Taxes and Tea Parties | Liberal Media Elite

Flat Taxes and Tea Parties | Liberal Media Elite — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:03:07 +0000

[...] The obvious justice in this system would take the legs out from under Republican rage. This is the ultimate goal, because it would, in theory, make it easier to gain public support for social programs like universal healthcare. Universal healthcare could do more for the lower and middle classes than almost any form of progressive taxes. Not only is the government the only entity large enough to bargain for lower healthcare costs (MRI cost in America= $1,200, MRI cost in Japan = $98) but it’s been shown that government spending on social programs can be more effective than progressive taxation at closing the gap between the rich and the poor. [...]

By: Human Rights, Income Inequality, and Progressive Taxation « P.A.P. Blog – Politics, Art and Philosophy

Fri, 29 May 2009 07:39:19 +0000

[...] is only one way to reduce income inequality, and perhaps not even the most useful one. Yglesias and Kenworthy have shown that it’s not the tax system as such but targeted government spending that [...]

By: Reducing Inequality | Frankenblog

Reducing Inequality | Frankenblog — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:09:26 +0000

[...] tax, such as a value-added tax (VAT). We have state and local consumption (sales) taxes, but we raise less money from consumption taxes than any other rich country. Consumption taxes are regressive, and for that reason they’re often [...]

By: Reducing Inequality: How to Pay for It « Consider the Evidence

Reducing Inequality: How to Pay for It « Consider the Evidence — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:25:30 +0000

By: Tea Parties and Flat Taxes - The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics

Tea Parties and Flat Taxes - The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:46:53 +0000