progressivity of inflation's increase in net taxation, its age pattern, and its heterogeneity. The 15.9 percent median lifetime …

This article explores subjects in optimal income taxation characterized by recent research interest, practical … savings, savings policies, and labor supply; optimal income transfers; the relationship between optimal income taxation and … nonwelfarist objectives, welfare weights, heterogeneous preferences, and taxation of the family …

taxation and redistribution. I conclude from these case studies that economists have much to gain from integrating more ideas …