In his new book, Joseph Stiglitz outlines a sweeping plan to correct economic inequality http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/stiglitz-heres-how-to-fix-inequality/413761/ … #choices
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@fmbutt@paulg@timoreilly tax rates in US have been as high as 90% without calamity. France is not a tax bracket.
@StartupLJackson @fmbutt @timoreilly De facto lower because avoiding taxes was so easy.
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@paulg@StartupLJackson@fmbutt@timoreilly Sounds like Piketty. Ironic that taxes feel like a form of rent. -
@paulg@StartupLJackson@fmbutt@timoreilly Jeez, seems like tech makes thing cheaper thus everyone more wealthy. Cant we just go with that?
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@paulg@StartupLJackson@fmbutt@timoreilly You guys are talking like Western Europe doesn't have an inequality problem. -
@paulg@StartupLJackson@fmbutt@timoreilly The difference is the safety net for the low end exist there but not here.
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