Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

And the thing is that ultimately we shouldn't care about these definitional questions. What we want to know is how the whole tax-and-transfer system affects inequality. 9/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 15, 2019 Hibernated

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I guess my point is that excluding transfers and consideration of incidence sound like rigorous criteria, but are actually more problematic, involving more judgement calls, than they seem 8/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And I don't think there's much question about the answer to that question. Overall, our fiscal system reduces inequality — a bit— largely thanks to transfer payments at the bottom. But it reduces inequality much less than it used to, thanks to tax cuts at the top 10/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 15, 2019 Hibernated