Michael Keen

International Monetary Fund

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Senior Advisor in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund, where he was previously head of the Tax Policy and Tax Coordination divisions

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America's "progressive" income tax takes a larger percentage from high earners than those lower down on the scale.

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