Given the order for goals and targets, it’s clear that taxation has to play a role, otherwise how are inequalities going to be reduced?
From FAQ
asked them to identify the first 20 that should be tackled in a multi-year effort to fulfill all of the SDGs. We then asked them to put the 20 they selected into the proper sequence, such that doing each facilitated the tackling of subsequent options.
It’s clear. They want to tackle extreme poverty and inequality. economic growth is far less important.
the capability approach broadens our lens just to make us see much more of people’s lives and how they interact with the economy rather than narrowly focusing in this case on income the thinking about human development and the work that Dreze and Sen had then done began to find a new form of expression in the human development report I think was one articulation of that with the largest development agency in the world at the time the human development reports use the index as a tool to send it the main message which is let us think beyond income
From https://www.sdgsinorder.org/goals
1 SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities 4.1569
2 SDG 1: No Poverty 3.7812
3 SDG 5: Gender Equality 3.5569
4 SDG 16: Peace Justice & Strong Institutions 3.0923
5 SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy 2.2784
6 SDG 4: Quality Education 2.0549
7 SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation1.8721
8 SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth 1.7282
Given the order for goals and targets, it’s clear that taxation has to play a role, otherwise how are inequalities going to be reduced?
From FAQ
It’s clear. They want to tackle extreme poverty and inequality. economic growth is far less important.
Also relevant. From research to action—the story of a book that changed the way we think about development
Actually this post may be of interest to read on the topic: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/bsE5t6qhGC65fEpzN/growth-and-the-case-against-randomista-development