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Public debt: "It is possible to create a tax without perverse effects and relatively easy to collect"

As France's public debt becomes a major political issue, economist Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur recalls, in his column in The World, that in the past, governments have been able to introduce an extraordinary tax on capital without discouraging investment or saving.

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Public debt: "It is possible to create a tax without perverse effects and relatively easy to collect"

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