This research project aims to defend the idea that determining the right level of inheritance taxation, as well as what should be done with the collected taxes, is a matter that should be decided by the people, reunited in a proper deliberative setting. Wealth inequalities originating in disproportionate bequests is a major source of political inequality, and through this proposal I intend to make a contribution not only to democratic theory, but also to set the ground for future policy reforms.

An article summing up Adelin-Costin Dumitru’s experience as a NEC Fellow is available in Research in View: 2024/2025 Fellows’ Essays.