Financial Times återupptäcker Marx

Jag kan inte låta bli att notera hur kolumnen Lex i Financial Times förutser hårdare beskattning av kapital i finanskrisens spår:

"Taxing capital
Published: May 31 2010 19:06 | Last updated: June 1 2010 09:27

A year ago, as political leaders sought intellectual support for stimulus spending, John Maynard Keynes, the great economist, returned to fashion. It may be time now to brush off those dusty copies of Karl Marx as well.

The bail-out of the financial system and the need to appease bond markets are largely problems of capital. Labour, meanwhile, bears the brunt of unemployment, depressed wages and, eventually, higher taxes. As the reaction of workers in Greece to its ferocious austerity measures has shown, attempts to deal with public debt loads can cause tempers to fray. The split between capital and labour may well be a false distinction. Imploding banks are bad for everyone and businesses need funding to expand and hire. But cash-strapped governments may increasingly be coming after the capital, too."

Sedan fortsätter Lex med att konstatera hur låg skatten är på kapitalinkomster jämfört med på arbete.

Men i Sverige tävlar de rödgröna med alliansen om vem som kan sänka fastighetsskatten mest, samtidigt som Riksbanken varnar för bostadsbubblan.

Kanske dags för Thomas Östros att göra en Financial Times och damma av Marx-böckerna?