Economics takes a while to learn, even if much of it is in … - James Mirrlees

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Economics takes a while to learn, even if much of it is in a way quite simple. It is simple to be wrong as well as to be right, and it is none too easy to distinguish between them.

James Mirrlees

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About James Mirrlees

Sir James Mirrlees FRSE, FBA (5 July 1936 - 29 August 2018) was a Scottish economist and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He was knighted in 1998.

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Native Name: James Alexander Mirrlees

Alternative Names: Sir James Alexander Mirrlees

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An approximately linear income tax schedule is desirable; and in particular negative income tax proposals are strongly supported,

I must confess that I had expected the rigorous analysis of income taxation in the utilitarian manner to provide arguments for high tax rates. It has not done so.

The income tax is a much less effective tool for reducing inequalities than has often been thought.

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