The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
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3.9 • 14 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“The most important book on government policy that I’ve read in a long time.” —David Leonhardt, New York Times
Even as they have become fabulously wealthy, the ultra-rich have seen their taxes collapse to levels last seen in the 1920s. Meanwhile, working-class Americans have been asked to pay more. The Triumph of Injustice presents a forensic investigation into this dramatic transformation, written by two economists who have revolutionized the study of inequality. Blending history and cutting-edge economic analysis, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman offer a comprehensive view of America’s tax system alongside a visionary, democratic, and practical reinvention of taxes.
Customer Reviews
How the US Progress Tax System Died
The authors do an excellent job at showing how the progressivity of the US tax system has been slowly eliminated (to at best a flat tax system but more to a regressive one) regardless of how one feels about the proposed solutions.
There was a disingenuous review from Oct 27, 2019 that stated the authors presented information in ways to only support their “socialist” cause. The review stated (i.e.) early in the book the authors indicated wage earners pay a 15% payroll tax even though employers pay half. Two pages after the authors stated such, they SPECIFICALLY addressed this fact and (correctly) pointed out that who pays it is irrelevant, it is still a tax on (national) income.
Not factual
Poor
A joke....
I have been a practicing CPA for over 21 years. I read this book thinking it would be an independent opinion on the US tax system. I was curious as to be aware of how others perceive taxes.
The charts and statistics are useless. They are bent in a way to make the authors own opinions seem factual. For example, you state early in the book that labor pays 15% employment tax - they do not, they pay half of that that the corporation that you deem terrible pays the other half. This is basic taxes & you simply stated 15% to make your socialist views seems factual.
Also - you clearly don’t understand how the S-Corps work & the taxation of such.
Nonetheless, this books is simply silly, one sided, misleading which makes it a false read.