{"id":796,"date":"2011-09-15T00:12:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T06:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opengecko.com\/economics\/distribution-of-income-all-in-one-go\/"},"modified":"2011-09-15T00:12:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T06:12:06","slug":"distribution-of-income-all-in-one-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opengecko.com\/geckoview\/economics\/distribution-of-income-all-in-one-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Distribution of Income – All in One Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just one post, I include resources for the section of the IB Eco syllabus (2005 version) called 3.6 Distribution of Income.<\/font><\/p>\n

The topic includes the following points:<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Direct taxation
\u2022 Indirect taxation
\u2022 Progressive taxation
\u2022 Proportional taxation
\u2022 Regressive taxation
\u2022 Transfer payments
Higher level extension topics
\u2022 Laffer curve
\u2022 Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Use the following resources to learn about these sub-topics:<\/font><\/p>\n

Direct versus Indirect<\/font><\/u><\/h4>\n

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Compare these two definitions:<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Direct_tax<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indirect_tax<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

Can you explain the difference between direct and indirect tax<\/strong> with example tax<\/strong>es?<\/font><\/p>\n

Progressive, Regressive, and Proportional Tax<\/strong><\/font><\/u><\/h4>\n

ONE Massachusetts (<\/font>ONEMassPPI<\/font><\/strong><\/a>) demonstrates the different types of tax<\/strong>es:<\/font><\/p>\n