InfoTrac Activities
Infotrac Activity 1
::
Infotrac Activity 2
::
Infotrac Activity 3
Tax wealth to broaden wealth: a proposal to tax the inherited fortunes of the rich in order to fund a policy agenda for greater wealth equality. Chuck Collins, Dedrick Muhammad.
Dollars & Sense
Jan-Feb 2004 i251 p22(4) (2670 words)
Instructions: Locate this article by visiting
http://www.infotrac-college.com
and entering "tax wealth broaden wealth" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.
1. Who are the primary beneficiaries of the cuts in the estate tax?
2. What are the economic costs to the federal government and charities from reducing and then eliminating the estate tax?
3. What data shows that the wealthy have seen a substantial increase in the percentage over time in the wealth they possess?
4. How do the authors propose to increase wealth equality?
If you would like to email your responses to your professor, fill out the boxes below, then click the
Email
button. Click the
Submit
button below to be taken to a printable page of your responses.
Macintosh Users:
If you have been instructed to submit your reponses to your instructor, you must enter your responses, then click on the
Submit
button at the bottom of the page to receive a printer-friendly version of your responses that you can then print and turn in to your instructor.
Student Name:
*
Student Email:
*
Professor Name:
*
Professor Email:
*
* required
