Is a wealth tax the pragmatic solution to South Africa's inequality?
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Luxury living: a wealth tax on Clifton houses such as this one could pay for larger social transfers On Monday night, in a speech delivered at Stellenbosch University's Department of Economics, Andrew Donaldson, Deputy Director General responsible for Public Finance in South Africa's National Treasury, suggested the following: that to address the severe and persistent inequality of South African society, a much larger share of the government budget should be devoted to redistribution. Not only is this morally good, he argued, but recent research by the IMF suggests that it is also better for the economy (or, at the minimum, that it does not affect economic growth negatively). Whereas South Africa now redirects about 3% of GDP from the rich to the poor, this could increase substantially. Iran, for example, redistributes 11%.Yes, this is another post on inequality. I've written recently about the
Is a wealth tax the pragmatic solution to South Africa's inequality?
Is a wealth tax the pragmatic solution to…
Is a wealth tax the pragmatic solution to South Africa's inequality?
Luxury living: a wealth tax on Clifton houses such as this one could pay for larger social transfers On Monday night, in a speech delivered at Stellenbosch University's Department of Economics, Andrew Donaldson, Deputy Director General responsible for Public Finance in South Africa's National Treasury, suggested the following: that to address the severe and persistent inequality of South African society, a much larger share of the government budget should be devoted to redistribution. Not only is this morally good, he argued, but recent research by the IMF suggests that it is also better for the economy (or, at the minimum, that it does not affect economic growth negatively). Whereas South Africa now redirects about 3% of GDP from the rich to the poor, this could increase substantially. Iran, for example, redistributes 11%.Yes, this is another post on inequality. I've written recently about the