When I met James Mirrlees, perhaps the word's greatest tax theorist
- Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
Tax is just a matter of taking the most from those with the greatest capacity to pay, right? Or is it a matter of taking the most from the people least able to resist? In Australia we attempt to do both, pretty successfully, due in large part to work of Sir James Mirrlees, the most distinguished British economist of his generation who passed away...
