Comparing US and Nordic Labor Taxes

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Bruenig does a deep dive on US and Nordic labor taxes, including what happens when you incorporate a Wage Inequality Tax to reflect the different distribution of wages in America and count compulsory health insurance premiums as taxes. When you do that, the average wage worker in the US faces a higher marginal tax rate than workers in every Nordic country except Finland, where the rate is only 2 points higher.