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Closing the racial wealth gap requires heavy, progressive taxation of wealth

Due to the intense concentration of wealth in comtemporary America, this paper argues that “(a)ny plan to eliminate the total racial wealth gap requires, in addition to a transformative national investment in Black households and communities, a program of heavy and highly progressive taxation aimed at the very wealthiest Americans.”

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