Impôt sur le revenu et dépenses incontournables

Op-Ed

L’économiste Alain Trannoy propose, dans une tribune au « Monde », de calibrer l’impôt sur le revenu de chacun en fonction de ses dépenses incontournables, ce qui concilierait efficacité et lutte contre la pauvreté.

January 19th 2019

Publiée dans l'édition du Monde du 18 janvier 2019 sous le titre « La notion de “reste-à-vivre” doit être le pivot de toute la politique redistributive », cette tribune d'Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE) propose un nouveau mode de calcul de l'impôt sur le revenu "qui concilierait efficacité et lutte contre la pauvreté".

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Only in French | An interview of Alain Trannoy (EHESS/AMSE) published by Le Point.

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