Wartime fiscal measures on the pandemic profiteers could raise enough money to buy vaccines for everyone and fund for the recovery
By Anthony Kamande. 2020 was a tumultuous year as the world economy experienced an unprecedented downturn not seen in generations, and the health system even in the most developed countries got overwhelmed and crumbled due to a surging coronavirus. Billions of lives have been upended…
Tax revolution or just … meh?
By Christian Hallum and Susana Ruiz Rodriguez Last week the G20 countries endorsed the OECD’s effort to update the century-old flawed rules for taxing multinational companies. French Finance Minister Le Maire called the moment a ‘tax revolution’ and according to the G20 countries the new…
TAX THE RICH! SAY THE RICH – Meet Patriotic Millionaires Morris Pearl and Erica Payne
By Elizabeth Njambi How does it feel to have more money than you could ever spend? What is it that makes someone who is a millionaire fight for higher taxes on the rich? How does playing a rigged game of monopoly reveal how rich people’s…
Tax, Slavery and Billionaires
In this episode, we speak to rising star economist, Gabriel Zucman. Together with Emmanuel Saez, he authored the recently published book, “The Triumph of Injustice”. We talk to him about his practical and influential plans to tax the rich, end tax dodging and fight inequality….