The IMF says the super-wealthy aren't paying their fair share of taxes -- and there could be terrible consequences

Go ahead, tax the rich, they can afford it. That's the message from a new International Monetary Fund report that also finds inequality hampers long-run economic growth. The analysisdetails just how much less progressive tax systems in wealthy countries like the United States have become over the years, as top marginal rates were cut sharply starting in the early 1980s. It identifies this trend as a significant contributor to the sharp rise in income inequality plaguing the United States and oth...