
Europe’s great tax divide
Hard-pressed Europeans bear most of the tax-raising brunt, while the wealthy get away very lightly.
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Chiara Putaturo is deputy head of the Oxfam EU office, where she is adviser on inequality and tax policy. She previously worked at Transparency International in Italy. Her academic background is in political science and development economics.

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