La plupart des pays Membres de l’OCDE se sont efforcés au cours des 10-15 dernières années de renouveler leurs systèmes et leurs structures de gestion publique. Certains ont pris le départ plus tôt que d’autres, et les points forts ont varié selon les traditions historiques et les...

The interface of the income tax and social security systems and the overlapping of different income tests can result in very high effective marginal rates of tax. This can create strong disincentives for those who receive cash transfers to move off welfare and/or increase their private income....

Newspoll reported in 2000 that by a margin of 70 to 28 per cent, Australians would prefer the gap between rich and poor to get smaller rather than have the nation's overall wealth grow as quickly as possible. This article examines the reasons for the increase in the dispersion of earnings, and...