Note on I Read Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty on August 21, 2020 via Tom MacWright

Taxes don’t have to be about revenue. You can institute a wealth tax because inequality is bad, just like you can tax cigarettes because smoking kills. Inequality, as a social ill, is a problem to solve, not just a source of revenue.

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I Read Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty on August 21, 2020

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