How Billionaires Avoid Tax | Gabriel Zucman

About this episode

Zack Polanski discusses with economist Gabriel Zucman how billionaires manage to pay less tax and the implications of wealth inequality.

How do billionaires manage to pay less tax than the average British citizen? What needs to happen for wealth taxes to be implemented? And has wealth inequality become a bigger issue than it was at the start of the millennium?  In this week’s episode, Zack Polanski is joined by economist, Gabriel Zucman _____ What's your bold idea? Bring it to life with Crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/bold?utm_source=boldpolitics&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cf_boldpolitics_spotify _____ Pre-order the new book, Hope Is Here now. Email: zack@boldpolitics.co.uk Bold Politics Live is at Crossed Wires Festival in Sheffield on July 5th. Pre-order the new book, Hope Is Here now . Email: zack@boldpolitics.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Zack Polanski

Guest: Gabriel Zucman

Topics covered

• billionaires
• taxation
• wealth inequality
• economics
• wealth taxes

Keywords

• billionaires
• tax
• wealth inequality
• economist
• Gabriel Zucman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crowdfunder

Products: Hope Is Here

Places: Sheffield

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