Comments on: Taxes and Inequality: Lessons from Abroad http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/ Lane Kenworthy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Abdullah Khan http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-3674 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:27:40 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-3674 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-3673 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:27:08 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-3673 [...] 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. [...]

]]> By: Follow-Up, Part I: Government’s Affect On Reducing Inequality « Civilized Conversation http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-3672 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:07:02 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-3672 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1908 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:32:20 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1908 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1757 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:20:26 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1757 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1756 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:16:20 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1756 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1335 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:03:07 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1335 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1213 Fri, 29 May 2009 07:39:19 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1213 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1077 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:09:26 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1077 [...] 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 http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1068 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:25:30 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1068 [...] 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 [...]

]]> By: Tea Parties and Flat Taxes - The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1048 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:46:53 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1048 [...] 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: Joe Calhoun http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1043 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:04:58 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1043 Anon,

Governments can raise more revenue with consumption taxes because they aren’t as distorting as taxes on capital and income. You can fund higher levels of social/welfare spending with consumption taxes without limiting economic growth as much.

]]> By: anonymous http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1042 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:48:07 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1042 I don’t understand how funding social/welfare spending with regressive taxes is preferable (to most Americans) to funding with progressive taxes.

]]> By: Health Care. (united health care, universal health care) » Blog Archive » Soaking the Rich: Now With Cool Charts! http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1040 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:30:41 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1040 [...] also had some snazzy charts–which, in turn, came from Lane Kenworthy. Kenworthy did his own analysis of the data and concluded that The chief contribution of taxes to [...]

]]> By: Health Care. (united health care, universal health care) » Blog Archive » Soaking the Rich to Pay for Health Care, Part II http://lanekenworthy.net/2008/02/10/taxes-and-inequality-lessons-from-abroad/#comment-1039 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:30:50 +0000 http://lanekenworthy.wordpress.com/?p=122#comment-1039 [...] also had some snazzy charts–which, in turn, came from Lane Kenworthy. Kenworthy did his own analysis of the data and concluded that The chief contribution of taxes to [...]

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