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The billionaires’ tax

The billionaires’ tax

The G20 is discussing a global tax on the super-rich. Will it ever happen?

Unhedged · Financial Times & Pushkin Industries

May 30, 202421m 32s

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Show Notes

At a recent meeting of the G20, Brazil invited economist Gabriel Zucman to address the most powerful nations in the world, and argue for a global tax on the super-rich. Today on the show, European economics commentator Martin Sandbu joins Robert Armstrong to discuss whether a worldwide tax on the very richest could even happen, and how it might work. Also, we short the commercial real estate crisis and go long liberal democracy. 


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