Tax the rich —to tax (more) the rich, translated into Spanish— is one of the sociopolitical movements that gained strength in the United States with the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House, since the tycoon notoriously reduced the tax pressure on the more powerful. With Joe Biden at the helm, they seek to […]
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Pedro Francke: “In periods of good growth, inequality was not substantially reduced”
The former Minister of Economy and professor of PUCP He assured that social inequality is a phenomenon that has been increasing and having repercussions in the different sectors of the country. That is why Francke supports the idea of an economic reform, that is, a wealth tax aimed at large companies. “Banks do charge us […]
Saki Bigio: “I think we can raise marginal taxes [a los ricos en el Perú]”
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The IMF recently pointed out that the rich in Latin America should pay their fair share of taxes. Along these lines, the economist Saki Bigio commented that there is indeed tax evasion, but at the level of all income. The first week of February 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed out that Latin America […]
Chile: green light for a wealth tax in the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate is missing
The debate over the low pensions granted by the AFPs is not only a queue in Peru. This week, the Chilean Chamber of Deputies gave the green light to a bill that seeks to finance the new Universal Guaranteed Pension (PGU), proposed last December by President Sebastián Piñera, through a wealth tax, according to the […]