The Benefits of a Progressive Consumption Tax
Sep 3, 2019 makes the case for a system that is simple, efficient, and counters wealth inequality at the same time.
Kenneth Rogoff
Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University and recipient of the 2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2003. The co-author of This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, his new book, The Curse of Cash, was released in August 2016.
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