Refuting Objections to a Wealth Tax

This is a sequel to Eduardo C. Tadem. 2022. “Tax the Rich: Nine Reasons for a Wealth Tax.” UP CIDS Policy Brief (2002:7). https://cids.up.edu.ph/policy-brief/tax-rich-nine-reasons-wealth-tax/. Both are excerpted with revisions from Eduardo C. Tadem (2022), “Inequality, Tax Justice, and the Philippine Wealth Tax Campaign,” a forthcoming study commissioned by the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD).

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