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To the Editor:To the Editor:
Re “What Apple Teaches Us About Taxes,” by Elizabeth Warren (Op-Ed, Sept. 8):Re “What Apple Teaches Us About Taxes,” by Elizabeth Warren (Op-Ed, Sept. 8):
Thomas Piketty, in his best-selling book, “Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century,” recommends a global tax on wealth. While it might be small, it would expose the amount of wealth hidden in tax havens and introduce real tax transparency, effectively blocking the dodges of Apple as detailed by Senator Warren. Thomas Piketty, in his best-selling book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” recommends a global tax on wealth. While it might be small, it would expose the amount of wealth hidden in tax havens and introduce real tax transparency, effectively blocking the dodges of Apple as detailed by Senator Warren.
Taxpayers of the world, unite! Demand that your governments endorse such a universal global tax.Taxpayers of the world, unite! Demand that your governments endorse such a universal global tax.
JOYCE APPLEBYJOYCE APPLEBY
Taos, N.M.Taos, N.M.
The writer is emerita professor of American history at the University of California, Los Angeles.The writer is emerita professor of American history at the University of California, Los Angeles.