Could, say, California tax corporations net worth at a percentage of the revenue derived from California? (This is a downward extrapolation from the original article's proposal to deal with assets hidden overseas.) I'm queasy about the current SCOTUS's assent.
In that case it could be that country A outgrows country B because the restributive policies have a stimulus effect.
The thing is, we don’t know how fast society-wide experiments will turn out.
In the US, this is where federalism is advantageous. Allow different states to try different policies and then measure the outcomes. Over time, winning policies will emerge and spread across the country.