Could a progressive consumption tax reduce wealth inequality?

A man uses a Citibank debit card at an ATM machine in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 7, 2017. Image: REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
Kenneth Rogoff
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, Harvard University

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