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An approximately linear income tax schedule is desirable; and in particular negative income tax proposals are strongly supported

— James Mirrlees

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The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought.

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I must confess that I had expected the rigorous analysis of income taxation in the utilitarian manner to provide arguments for high tax rates. It has not done so.

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