Economist Blames Failing Subsidy System for Rising Inequality

Because of the failing subsidy system in Iran, some high-income individuals have raced ahead while those who fall into low-income deciles have been left behind and become poorer, Vahid Shaqaqi-Shahri, an economist and university professor, says. 
What follows is the full translation of his write-up in the Persian daily Jahan-e Sanat on the most important requirement for designing a subsidy reform plan: 
Iran’s economic system has three key components: the banking system, the taxation system and the subsidy system. A healthy heart’s task is to pump blood to all organs of the body, but if it fails to pump blood properly, some organs would fail. The same is true about a subsidy system, if it fails to divvy up subsidies equitably among income deciles, some groups might benefit more than others, and some might be left behind and become poorer...