Introduction For the past 35 years, various governments have claimed to have variations on a similar set of goals for the UK economy: decarbonise; spread more wealth and growth out of London; end the housing crisis; encourage the growth of new (and frequently greener) industries; and to encourage stronger communities. It’s proved seemingly impossible for […]| Equality Trust
How we can make sure the wealthiest pay more tax than normal people We recently wrote that, once you take into account total economic income from all sources including unrealised […] The post Making Our Tax System Fair appeared first on 99%.| 99%
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The U.S. is increasingly becoming a nation devoted to the religion of money – run by an ever-smaller group of elites who control it.| The Globalist
We’ve known for a while now that our desire for lawmakers around the world to raise taxes on wealthy people like us isn’t fringe. But now, we officially have the numbers to back it up – and a blueprint for how international leaders can institute minimum standards for taxing the global rich. The l| Patriotic Millionaires
My day job is to lead a team of people who analyse and invest in financial market assets on behalf of clients. It’s mostly stocks and bonds. Portfolio managers tend to seek to identify assets that …| principlesandinterest
Jo Michell has written a good piece in Tribune countering arguments from some on the Left around the necessity of taxation. It’s a short piece that you should read, but I understood it as goin…| principlesandinterest
When trying to estimate inequality in Britain, it sort of depends what you’re looking at. While UK income inequality rose significantly in the 1980s, it has stayed pretty steady since the early 199…| principlesandinterest
Rising stock prices clawback wealth from the poor and hand it to the rich. It's Robin Hood in reverse, and here's what it looks like in the United States.| Economics from the Top Down
An idea you’ll likely hate. Monetary policy is pretty much universally understood to be the only fast and responsive macroeconomic policy lever. I mean, maybe you could make a case for foreign exch…| principlesandinterest