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Rising Economic Inequality and Tax Policy (slideshow)

Document date: May 01, 2007
Released online: May 01, 2007
Burman outlines rising economic inequality with graphs of income distribution. The slideshow also presents some reasons for this rising inequality, including technology and trade. Burman points to tax policy and specifically a more progressive tax system as a way to mitigate some of the rising inequality.

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Topics/Tags: | Economy/Taxes


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