All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States average — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States average — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States average — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States average — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States average — Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the United States averaged 81 percent.

— Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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