James Mirrlees: Tax

James Mirrlees was Scottish economist. Explore interesting quotes on tax.

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“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.”

Source: An exploration in the theory of optimum income taxation, 1971, p. 207

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

Source: An exploration in the theory of optimum income taxation, 1971, p. 208

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

Source: An exploration in the theory of optimum income taxation, 1971, p. 209