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Distributive Justice and Taxation

Distributive Justice and Taxation

Pedersen, Jørgen

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

EconomicsInvesting & Finance

ISBN10: 0367321246
ISBN13: 9780367321246
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 30 2020
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Providing a thorough examination of distributive justice, Distributive Justice and Taxation presents and discusses different theories of what constitutes a just society, and how goods should be distributed in such a society.

The distribution of goods in society has direct and serious consequences on the lives of the people. There are therefore important questions to be asked regarding the justice of that distribution: Is it just that some people inherit large fortunes while others inherit nothing? Do rich people have additional access to political power because of their wealth? If so, is that just? And should the ambition for economic policies be to combat poverty, or to reduce inequality? This book explores these questions and a number of others through the analysis of related theories, spanning from strong egalitarian theories on the left to right-wing libertarianism. The chapters also explicitly examine the case of taxation - one of the most important and controversial measures of distribution of goods in society. Placing emphasis on the case of Norway and using data from both the UK and USA as a point of comparison, the work details and explores the key features of the tax system. It concludes by presenting and evaluating arguments for and against taxes such as income tax, wealth tax, and inheritance tax.

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