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SUMMARY: Can tax reforms reduce inequality? - Ahmad Seyf\, Department of M
 anagement and Human Resources at Regent’s University\, London.
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CONTACT:Ingrid Cizaite
DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines the impact of tax reforms on \nineq
 uality. It begins with an examination of the meaning of inequality \nand i
 ts dimensions. While the usual division of 1% and 99% has its own merit\, 
 this presentation argues that the situation is more complex\, especially a
 mong the 99%. The real income of those in the middle of distribution has s
 tagnated too in recent decades. On the other hand\, growth rate in most ec
 onomies is sluggish\, primarily due to inadequate investment. This present
 ation focuses on policies to reduce inequality and proposes two sets of re
 forms. First\, given the regressive nature of indirect taxation\, altering
  the balance between direct and indirect taxation should do. The second se
 t of reforms should try to make our tax system work more efficiently. Two 
 issues would be examined further: one\, how to deal with tax havens\; and 
 another how to reduce tax avoidance and tax evasions.\n\nAhmad Seyf has re
 cently retired from teaching at the Department of Management and Human Res
 ources at Regent’s University-London. He has also taught at Staffordshir
 e University\, and University of Boston - London. His main research intere
 sts are International Political Economy\, Globalisation and the Economic a
 nd Social History of the Middle East. He is a bilingual writer having writ
 ten extensively on Iran\, his country of birth. Recent publications includ
 e\, ‘The Emerging Economies and the Great Recession’\, in P. Arestis a
 nd M. Sawyer (eds): Emerging Economies During and after the Great Recessio
 n\, 2016\, ‘Population and Agricultural Development in Iran\, 1800-1906
 ’\, in Middle Eastern Studies\, 2009\; and ‘Iran and the Great Famine\
 , 1870-72’ in Middle Eastern Studies\, 2010. His books include: Iran’s
  Contemporary Political Economy\, 2012\, The Economy of Iran under Ahmadin
 ejad\, 2012\, Crisis in Despotism in Iran\, 2014\, and Capitalism and Demo
 cracy\, Tehran 2016\, An Introduction to Political Economy at the Age of G
 lobalisation\, Tehran\, Negah Books\, 2017 (Forthcoming). 
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 1
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