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Hometown Hero & Basketball Star Anthony Atkinson Inspires Youth At Peace Church

Hometown Hero & Basketball Star Anthony Atkinson Inspires Youth At Peace Church

“My camp isn’t just about basketball but it’s about being a better overall person and sharing the importance of Christ in our lives!” – Anthony Atkinson

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Anthony B. Atkinson, an acclaimed British economist who pioneered the study of changes in the distribution of wealth and income, allowing for a better understanding of poverty and inequality, died on Sunday in Oxford, England. He was 72. The author of more than 40 books, Mr. Atkinson was mainly known for his creative and exacting use of empirical methods. But in recent years he also put forward bold policy ideas, like creating a “minimum inheritance” to be distributed on reaching adulthood. Mr. Atkinson’s book “The Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain” (1978), written with A. J. Harrison, examined inheritance tax records in Britain between 1911 and 1975 to describe changes in the distribution of wealth. That book and an earlier book — “Shares of Upper Income Groups in Income and Savings” (1953) by Simon Kuznets, which drew on income tax records and national accounts in the United States between 1913 and 1948 — "are at the origins of all modern research programs on inequality measurement,” Dr. Piketty said.

“Anthony B. Atkinson, Economist Who Pioneered Study of Inequality, Dies at 72″ from New York Times

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Knjige za ovo leto po izboru Fajnenšel Tajmsa (1/1)

Knjige za ovo leto po izboru Fajnenšel Tajmsa (1/1)

01. Jedina igra u gradu: Centralne banke, nestabilnost i izbegavanje narednog kolapsa (The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse, Mohamed El-Erian, Yale, RRP£18.99/Random House, RRP$28)

Centralne banke spasle su svetsku ekonomiju od kolapsa. One, međutim, ne mogu i da stvore trajni i stabilan ekonomski rast.Ono što je sada potrebno, tvrdi ovaj cenjeni i…

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Proposals to solve inequality

Sir Tony Atkinson recently wrote a book listing proposals to solve inequality, I thought I’d type it up for y’all to add something practical and positive to the debate on equality :)

Proposal 1: The direction of technological change should be an explicit concern of policy-makers, encouraging innovation in a form that increases the employability of workers and emphasises the human dimension of service provision.

Proposal 2: Public policy should aim at a proper balance of power among stakeholders, and to this end should (a) introduce an explicitly distributional dimension into competition policy; (b) ensure a legal framework that allows trade unions to represent workers on level terms; and (c) establish, where it does not already exist, a Social and Economic Council involving the social partners and other nongovernmental bodies.

Proposal 3: The government should adopt an explicit target for preventing and reducing unemployment and underpin this ambition by offering guaranteed public employment at the minimum wage to those who seek it.

Proposal 4: There should be a national pay policy, consisting of two elements: a statutory minimum wage set at a living wage, and a code of practice for pay above the minimum, agreed as part of a ‘national conversation’ involving the Social and Economic Council

Proposal 5: The government should offer via national savings bonds a guaranteed positive real rate of interest on savings, with a maximum holding per person

Proposal 6: There should be a capital endowment (minimum inheritance) paid to all at adulthood

Proposal 7: A Public Investment Authority should be created, operating a sovereign wealth fund with the aim of building up the net worth of the state by holding investments in companies and in property

Proposal 8: We should return to a more progressive rate structure for the personal income tax, with marginal tax rates increasing by ranges of taxable income, up to a top rate of 65%, accompanied by a broadening of the tax base

Proposal 9: The government should introduce the personal income tax and Earned Income Discount, limited to the first band of earnings

Proposal 10: Receipts of inheritance and gifts inter vivos should be taxed under a progressive lifetime capital receipts tax

Proposal 11: There should be a proportional, or progressive, property tax based on up-to-date property assessments

Proposal 12: Child Benefit should be paid for all children at a substantial rate and should be taxed as income

Proposal 13: A participation income should be introduced at a national level, complementing existing social protection, with the prospect of an EU-wide child basic income

Proposal 14 (alternative to 13): There should be a renewal of social insurance, raising the level of benefits, and extending their coverage

Proposal 15: Rich countries should raise their target for Official Development Assistance to 1% of Gross National Income

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Anthony Atkinson