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The billionaires who want to pay more tax

The billionaires who want to pay more tax

Two of America's billionaires explain why they should be forced to contribute more

Business Daily · BBC World Service

November 12, 201918m 35s

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Show Notes

Liesel Pritzker Simmons and her husband Ian Simmons are billionaires who come from successful US business families. Liesel's family is best known for founding Hyatt hotels. Both say the the US government should be collecting more tax from super-rich people like them. We asked them why. And Dr Ted Klontz, associate professor of practice and financial psychology at Creighton University in the US, explains the psychology of a billionaire.

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