Tax policy and economic inequality in the United States

A view of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington

What other countries (and history) can teach Americans about taxation

Economics

Republican lawmakers offered some details Thursday of their proposal to rewrite the US tax code. Author T.R. Reid says America has much to learn from the ways other nations use their tax systems to address inequality.

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