nice little article on main points of piketty for populace - how bout a foreign exchange transactions tax? thats not too difficult is it? In Canada, according to a recent study of Statistics Canada data by the Broadbent Institute, the top 10 per cent has seen its median net worth grow by 42 per cent since 2005, while the bottom 10 per cent saw its median net worth shrink by 150 per cent. In the industrialized world as a whole, the incomes of the wealthiest 1 per cent are growing three times faster than those of the rest of the population. Prof. Piketty’s solution? A global wealth tax on the world’s richest. The tax would create new revenues that governments could use to help the majority whose incomes are stagnant or falling. theglobeandmail/globe-debate/a-tip-of-the-hat-to-prof-piketty/article22202022/
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:19:39 +0000