# Gabriel Zucman

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Why We Must Tax Billionaires | Gabriel Zucman on Inequality and the Wealth Tax (018)

My guest today is Dr. Gabriel Zucman, the world's leading expert on wealth taxes. He’s a professor at both the Paris School of Economics and UC Berkeley, and he’s the author of several books, including his most recent: We Need To Tax Billionaires. We recorded this conversation during the lead up ...

Kim Stanley Robinson on Real Utopian Futures

Kim Stanley Robinson discusses Real Utopian Futures. Find the feed of English episodes only here: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/ You can also import the RSS feed to your favorite app: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/feed.xml   Shownotes The reference page on Kim Sta ...

Economists Make the Case For and Against California’s Billionaire Tax

California voters will decide this fall whether the state should impose a one-time 5 percent tax on billionaires, with much of the revenue going toward health care amid federal funding cuts. Supporters say Proposition 40 could raise tens of billions of dollars while also helping to address the g ...

554. Burnham’s Worldview, Trump's Ceasefire Collapse, and Advising Count Binface

Can Andy Burnham's 'Makerfield test' survive contact with a world of Trump, China, and a raging Iran crisis? Why did every one of Netanyahu's promises to Trump about the war with Iran - from destroying the ballistic missile programme to fomenting revolution - turn out to be wrong? What advice do ...

553. Farage in Meltdown and The Killing of Ann Widdecombe

Has Nigel Farage finally hit his tipping point, and could Count Binface deliver the ultimate humiliation in Clacton? Why are police warning against speculation over the killing of Ann Widdecombe, and is Reform trying to weaponise her death? Was Rory Stewart aware of any of this during his twelve ...

Today's Poll Question: Should Billionaires Pay a Wealth Tax—or Only Taxes on Income?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Should the government tax the wealth of billionaires, or stick to taxing income? Michael examines the growing debate over whether enormous fortunes should be taxed based on wealth rather than income. Drawing on his conversation from yesterday with economi ...

Why We Need a Third Party – Maurice Mitchell on Power and Class Politics (019)

My guest today is Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party – one of the leading progressive institutions in U.S. politics today. Their platform includes universal health care, “a home you can afford,” paid family leave, and a unionized national jobs program – all paid fo ...

Gabriel Zucman: "We Need To Tax Billionaires"

Gabriel Zucman is Professor of economics at the Paris School of Economics and Ecole normale supérieure – PSL, Summer Research Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and founding Director of the International Tax Observatory. He is the author of articles published in journals such a ...

The Billionaire Age Pt 4 | How democracy can beat back the oligarchs

Feeling despair over the threats to democracy coming out of The Billionaire Age? Let alone the predictions we'll see 10 trillionaires within three years. Well, there are concrete solutions. Relatively straightforward ones. Thinkers from Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, to Dutch philosopher Ingrid Ro ...

Wealth Overaccumulation | ProutNews Weekly | May 25-31

This week on ProutNews Weekly, we explore global debates around one of the most pressing economic questions of our time: how to deal with extreme wealth concentration.From the perspective of PROUT (Progressive Utilization Theory), we examine current events not just as isolated political or econo ...