Austerity
Michele Barbero – France Is Deep in Debt but Failing to Tax the Superrich
Is a wealth tax the answer to Macron’s budget crisis? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Wealth tax
Inequality
Sam Pizzigati – A Practical Prescription for Taxing Our World’s Richest
Brazil appears to be genuinely interested in a global billionaire tax, but it won’t work unless the global north – where most billionaires are – come on board. Sam Pizzigati writes on inequality for the […]
Finance
Sam Pizzigati – Norway Isn’t Bowing to Threats of Capital Flight
Norway has introduced an ‘exit-tax’ to hit super-rich exiles seeking to avoid the country’s wealth tax. Sam Pizzigati, veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow, edits Inequality.org. His recent books include: The […]
EU politics
Oxfam – A wealth tax on EU multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise 286.5 billion euros each year, 40% of the EU’s recovery fund
As the World Economic Forum begins in Davos, a new Oxfam report on inequality reveals an incredible growth in inequality in the EU. Cross-posted from the Oxfam website The EU’s five richest billionaires increased their […]