Should egalitarians expropriate philanthropists?

Arbeitspapier

Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is perceived as legitimizing one’s wealth. Governments routinely exempt the rich from taxation on grounds of their charitable expenditure. We examine the normative logic of this exemption. We show that, rather than reducing it, philanthropy may aggravate absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally, philanthropic preferences may increase the effectiveness of policies to redistribute income, instead of weakening them. Consequently, the general normative case for exempting the wealthy from expropriation, on grounds of their public goods contributions, appears dubious.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CREDIT Research Paper ; No. 07/13

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
• Thema: Community ; Public goods ; Inequality ; Distribution ; Philanthropy ; Egalitarianism ; Vermögen ; Öffentliches Gut ; Wohltätigkeit ; Steuerbegünstigung ; Einkommensverteilung ; Wirtschaftsmodell

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dasgupta, Indraneel ; Kanbur, Ravi
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The University of Nottingham, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT)
• (wo): Nottingham
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/80320
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ