What's New
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State Rundown 7/11: Mansion Taxes in the Spotlight
.ITEP Staff, July 2024 -
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Tax the Wealthy and Reject Austerity for a More Just and Thriving Democracy
Amy Hanauer, July 2024 -
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Reality Interrupts the Fever Dream of Income Tax Elimination in Kentucky
Eli Byerly-Duke, June 2024 -
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Who Benefits and Who Pays: How Corporate Tax Breaks Drive Inequality
Steve Wamhoff, June 2024 -
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State Rundown 6/26: Summer Special Sessions Are In, Anti-tax Ballot Initiatives Out
.ITEP Staff, June 2024
ITEP in the News
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Nonprofit Quarterly: Can Taxes Reduce Inequality? What a Study of State and Local Taxes Tells Us
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Education Week: A State Considers a Future in Which Schools Can’t Rely on Property Taxes
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Connecticut Mirror: Could CT Fight Homelessness With a 'Mansion Tax'? Yes, Report Says
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The Globalist: Will American Monetocracy Ever Come to an End?
ITEP Work in Action
Expert's View
Carl Davis
Research Director
The Geographic Distribution of Extreme Wealth in the U.S.
Excessive concentration of wealth runs counter to our national aspiration for genuine equality of opportunity, and it saps the vitality of our democracy through the consolidation of power and influence. Tax policy offers a powerful means of beginning to address our nation’s stark level of inequality, but current law is clearly falling short of its potential.