Taxation of Wealth Under the Pacific Alliance; ¿A Threat to Global and Regional Economic Growth Or a Chance to Implement Piketty’s “Global Tax on Capital”?

This essay analyses the practical effects of implementing a wealth tax in the context of a Latin American economic block or trade group such as the Pacific Alliance, as well as its convenience or inconvenience according to the economic growth impact it can have. To this effect, an overview of the cu...

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Autor: Sanín Gómez, Juan Esteban
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/67583
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rfdm/article/view/67583
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:riqueza
justicia distributiva
desigualdad
globalización
Pikkety
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Sumario:This essay analyses the practical effects of implementing a wealth tax in the context of a Latin American economic block or trade group such as the Pacific Alliance, as well as its convenience or inconvenience according to the economic growth impact it can have. To this effect, an overview of the current trends of wealth taxation will be made,as well as on the ongoing tensions between the key factors to determine whether or not wealth should be taxed: i.e. economic growth and inequality. Lastly, an analysis on the current state of affairs regarding the treatment of wealth taxation under multilateral and bilateral tax treaties will be undertaken as well as Thomas Piketty’s proposal to create a global –or, in this case, a hemispheric or continental- tax on capital in order to reduce inequality.