What type of tax did Proudhon attempt to implement?
Sales tax
Wealth tax
Income tax on capitalists
Land tax
Answer
The answer is the income tax on capitalists. Proudhon believed that this type of tax would help to reduce the inequality of wealth and power in society. He argued that capitalists, due to their ownership of capital and control over the means of production, gained excessive wealth that resulted in significant disparities.
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