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Progressive Income Tax and social questions: the proposals of the economist-engineer Clément Colson
[Impôt progressif sur le revenu et prise en compte des questions sociales : les propositions de l’ingénieur économiste Clément Colson]

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  • Joachim De Paoli

    (TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze Clément Colson's positions on the progressive income tax. We will see that he was opposed to the majority of French liberals by supporting this tax and that his analysis, in the tradition of economist engineers, is based on practice taking into account the context of the time. Indeed, we find in the author's developments the fear of socialism as well as the worry of a low birth rate. Colson's analysis can also be seen as an attempt to introduce marginalism in France.

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  • Joachim De Paoli, 2021. "Progressive Income Tax and social questions: the proposals of the economist-engineer Clément Colson [Impôt progressif sur le revenu et prise en compte des questions sociales : les propositions de l," Post-Print hal-03812382, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03812382
    DOI: 10.3917/cep1.078.0203
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