wealth inequality

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The Difference In How The Wealthy Make Money—And Pay Taxes

In a famous conversation, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald is credited with saying that “the rich are very different than you and me,” to which...

September 7, 2023William G. Gale Semra Vignaux

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Pro Publica’s Billionaires: Stories Behind the Story

Pro Publica’s recent story about the small amount of tax paid by many of the nation’s billionaires has focused new attention on what critics say...

June 15, 2021C. Eugene Steuerle

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Are State and Local Tax Systems Colorblind?

Tax policies are commonly viewed as race-neutral or “colorblind”— simply because information on race or ethnicity is not reported on tax returns or explicitly referenced...

March 10, 2021Aravind Boddupalli Kim S. Rueben

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A New Look at Racial Wealth Inequalities Before the Pandemic

The Federal Reserve Board’s 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) helps us understand US wealth disparities prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that has disproportionately harmed...

December 29, 2020Aravind Boddupalli

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What Trump’s Tax Returns Reveal About Wealth Inequality and Slower Economic Growth

The New York Times account of President Trump’s tax returns reveal far more than his personal ability to avoid taxes.

October 19, 2020C. Eugene Steuerle

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Inequality Is A Big And Growing Issue, But A Wealth Tax May Not Be The Solution

Wealth inequality in the US is a big and growing problem. But what should we do about it?

January 23, 2020Howard Gleckman

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State And Local Governments Have A Role To Play In Reducing The Wealth Gap

Every Democratic candidate for president has a plan to address growing inequality in America (on January 16, the Tax Policy Center sponsored a program on...

January 17, 2020Donnie Charleston

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Would Wealth Taxes Solve Wealth Inequality?

Democracies become oligarchies when wealth is too concentrated. So begins a letter by Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman about presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’...

January 15, 2020Janet Holtzblatt