Equal is unfair
America's misguided fight against income inequality
by Don Watkins · first published 2016
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For an alternative point of view, check out Equal is Unfair by Yaron Brook. https://www.amazon.com/dp/125008444X/ Edit: several commentors have asked why I posted this link. The entire framing of the article and source paper is based on the idea that tax evasion…
on “Study shows the top 0.01% of Scandinavian households underpaid taxes by 30%” ↗…compensation, not because it is impossible to analyze all of the factors, but because person B must decide their own purpose and work toward it. This is simply another manifestation of the inequality debate. Equal is Unfair is a great book that unpacks the issues of inequality: https://www.amazon.com/Equal-Unfair-Americas-Misguided-Inequ...
on “The Downside of Full Pay Transparency” ↗Here is a book on the topic that has had much more thought put into it than a Sam's short blog post. Equal Is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality https://www.amazon.com/Equal-Unfair-Americas-Misguided-Inequ...
on “American Equity” ↗Equal is unfair. http://www.amazon.com/Equal-Is-Unfair-Misguided-Inequality/d...
on “Top 1% of Income Earners pay 45% of California's Taxes” ↗