This book assembles nine papers on tax progressivity and its relationship to income inequality, written by leading public finance economists. The papers documen

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“The most important book on government policy that I’ve read in a long time.” —David Leonhardt, New York Times Even as they have become fabulously wealt

This volume brings together an exciting range of new studies of top incomes in a wide range of countries from around the world. The studies use data from income