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maaaans's review against another edition
4.0
Would highly recommend if you’re trying to better understand the tax structure in the US, particularly the regressive nature of the current system and how tax avoidance operates. It’s also very readable and fairly accessible for a subject that is often presented as convoluted and dry.
The sections on the overall tax structure, corporate taxes, and the wealth taxes were the strongest. The last chapter on the national income tax plan felt less developed and a bit detached from the preceding content. Overall, a good read that presents many crucial and viable tax solutions.
The sections on the overall tax structure, corporate taxes, and the wealth taxes were the strongest. The last chapter on the national income tax plan felt less developed and a bit detached from the preceding content. Overall, a good read that presents many crucial and viable tax solutions.
rwong013's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing book on wealth and taxes. I was astounded by the clear solutions to the varied and numerous problems that the authors outlined. It's a great blueprint showing how and why we need to fix the current system.
joanacanada's review against another edition
4.0
Nice introduction to the history and evolution of America’s tax system, and to the inequalities that come from it.
technophile's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely worth reading to understand a) how inequality got to the massively messed up place we're in now, b) how it wasn't always this way, and c) how we can absolutely fix the problem, given enough political will.
jordana's review against another edition
4.0
A bit repetitive, but does an effective job of distilling ~1200 dense pages of Piketty into a more digestible 200.
janexsun's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
5.0
excellent information. presented accessibly, still a dense read about tax policy though! i’ll probably need to read it again to get the full benefits; so much research packed into 10 chapters.
dereksilva's review against another edition
4.0
The main arguments of this book are well thought out, but the most impressive thing about it is the underlying data. Even if you disagree with Saez and Zucman's specific ideas on how to increase tax equity, their tax data is a great resource that makes it very easy to see where inequality exists in the system, when it started, and why it started. Whether your read the book or not, I certainly recommend looking at the accompanying website (taxjusticenow.org) so that you can play around with the data and and visualize hypothetical changes yourself.
The only reason I didn't give this book five stars (and why I considered giving it three stars) is that it's a bit dense. It's not very long but still took me a while to read because I would go through like 10 pages and then feel a bit drained. There's a lot of information to process, especially at the beginning. I would certainly recommend this book, though.
The only reason I didn't give this book five stars (and why I considered giving it three stars) is that it's a bit dense. It's not very long but still took me a while to read because I would go through like 10 pages and then feel a bit drained. There's a lot of information to process, especially at the beginning. I would certainly recommend this book, though.