The recent debate over the 50p tax rate illustrates that academic debates conducted through newspaper letters pages are rarely productive. Economists have an obligation to provide serious evidence for their claims

Manning, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-7884-3580 (2011) The recent debate over the 50p tax rate illustrates that academic debates conducted through newspaper letters pages are rarely productive. Economists have an obligation to provide serious evidence for their claims. British Politics and Policy at LSE (15 Sep 2011). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Last week 20 economists wrote to the Financial Times urging the government to scrap the 50% marginal tax rate on incomes over £150,000. Alan Manning argues that while it is important for academics to influence debate on public policy, such ‘group’ letters are more about who is signing them than the content that they contain.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2011 The Author
Divisions:	Economics Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2011 14:14
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 21:23
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/38406

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