A Taxing Problem: The Psychologist's Prescription for a Just Tax System

Perhaps nothing is more unfair in America and in many other parts of the world than the vast chasm between the haves and the have-nots. This is particularly disturbing in a society that declares allegiance to the principles contained in the Declaration of Independence. Tax policy as practiced in the US consists basically of tinkering around the edges. The propriety of the taxation of income is a premise rarely challenged. Nor is the taxation of consumption or taxation based upon use such as...