Is it time for a wealth tax to offset the economic damage from COVID-19?

Advani, Arun, Chamberlain, Emma and Summers, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0002-4978-7743 (2020) Is it time for a wealth tax to offset the economic damage from COVID-19? LSE COVID-19 Blog (09 Dec 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

A one-off wealth tax of 1% a year for five years on individual wealth above £500,000 would raise £260 billion, write Arun Advani (University of Warwick), Emma Chamberlain (Pump Court Tax Chambers) and Andy Summers (LSE).

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2021 13:39
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108289

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