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Taxer les riches rendrait les nations heureuses
Slate France: Aux Etats-Unis, en France et en Allemagne, des riches se sont déclarés prêts à plus payer d’impôts pour résorber la dette publique. «La plupart des riches américains ne seraient pas incommodés si on
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Meer belasting betalen maakt ons gelukkiger
MSN Nederland: Regelmatig gaan in ons land stemmen op om een vlaktaks in te voeren, vooral de rechtse partijen zijn hier voorstander van. Bij een vlaktaks betaalt iedereen hetzelfde percentage belasting over zijn inkomen. In
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Progressive Tax Rates Linked To National Happiness: Study
The Huffington Post: Detractors of Warren Buffett take note: The more a country taxes its richest citizens, the happier everyone in that country will be. Such are the findings of a new study, led by
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A More Progressive Tax System Makes People Happier
The way some people talk, you’d think that a flat tax system—in which everyone pays at the same rate regardless of income—would make citizens feel better than more progressive taxation, where wealthier people are taxed
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Crunch time: how to deal with grim economic news
The Guardian: The last few weeks have been truly terrible ones for the financial markets. But that’s just another way of saying they have been excellent weeks for the British blog Brokers With Hands On
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Economic Inequality Is Linked To Biased Self-Perception
Pretty much everybody thinks they’re better than average. But in some cultures, people are more self-aggrandizing than in others. Until now, national differences in “self-enhancement” have been chalked up to an East-West individualism-versus-collectivism divide. In
