Market-based mechanisms aren’t T---fiscal redistribution is an ex post tax-based corrective to initially unequal market allocations.
Tyler A. LeFevre 17, Associate, Grant Thornton LLP, “Justice in Taxation,” 41 Vt. L. Rev. 763, Summer 2017, Lexis
Although there is no single reason for the persistence of economic injustice in the world, a primary factor is tax and fiscal policy. 8 [FOOTNOTE 8 BEGINS] See THOMAS PIKETTY, THE ECONOMICS OF INEQUALITY 100 (Arthur Goldhammer trans., 2015) ("The primary tool for pure redistribution is fiscal redistribution, which makes it possible to correct inequality due to unequal initial endowments and market forces while preserving as much as possible of the allocative role of the price system."). [FOOTNOTE 8 ENDS] Yet, notwithstanding the political centrality of fiscal policy and economic justice, deep disagreement about taxes persists around the world. Discourse about taxes continues to produce disappointing economic policies that do not improve economic fairness or happiness. 9