向富人征税解决不了贫富差距
Rachel Black
2014-05-15
经济学家皮凯蒂的新书《21世纪资本论》提议在全球征收财产税，抑制贫富差距。不过，这个措施并不能帮助穷人积累财富。政府要做的是取消加剧贫富差距的政策，代之以能促进新财富生成的体系，帮助广大家庭增加积蓄。
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皮凯蒂的观点很对，财富不断地滚雪球会带来深远的问题。无论是从宏观上看，还是从家庭精打细算过日子、努力往前奔，都是这样。取消我们那些加剧贫富差距、具有缺陷的公共政策，代之以能够促使新的财富生成的新体系，这将会让更多美国人分享到经济成功带来的巨大驱动力。（财富中文网） 本文作者雷切儿•布莱克是新美国基金会资产建设项目的高级政策分析师。 译者：严匡正 |
As Piketty rightly observes, the continued consolidation of wealth is deeply problematic. This is true on a macro scale as well as in the day-to-day lives of families trying to make ends meet and get a few steps ahead. Replacing our flawed public policies that exacerbate this problem with a system that facilitates the creation of new wealth would go a long way toward allowing more Americans to share in such a powerful driver of economic success. Rachel Black is a senior policy analyst in the Asset Building Program of the New America Foundation. |
