Tax Revenue and Economic Performance Analysis

50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Poland Switzerland The US has one of the most progressive tax systems in the OECD Wealth Redistribution of Tax System Iceland Belgium Norway Sweden Japan Denmark Germany Share of taxes of richest decile Austria France OECD-24 Slovak Republic Luxembourg Share of market riches decile Czech Republic Korea Italy New Zealand United Kingdom Finland Source: OECD (2008) Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD countries Ratio of shares for riches decile Canada Ireland Netherlands Australia United States 9 1.60 1.40 1.20 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00

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