Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social debunks their lies. Watch.

How Would a Wealth Tax Work? (ft. Gabriel Zucman)

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist

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Thanks Martin Wolf for including “We need to tax billionaires” in the FT’s best books of 2026 ✊ www.ft.com/content/96e2...

The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman

The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman

There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power

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In bookstores across the US on August 25. If ever there was a time to act, it is now.

It seems we are now entering a new phase of the rise of inequality in the US. It's not just wealth and billionaires — it's a broader acceleration. Here's who benefited from economic growth in 2025, according to the latest estimates available on realtimeinequality.org

Saez and @gabrielzucman.bsky.social on the CA billionaire tax 250 households (0.001% of the state) holds wealth equal to more than half of California’s entire annual economic output Their wealth grows 15% a year and is taxed at just 0.26% per year www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | The Case for California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax

Silicon Valley’s growth over recent decades has made California rich — and one of the most unequal places in America.

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Le temps est venu de taxer les profiteurs de guerre. open.substack.com/pub/gabrielz...

Where are the profits of the war going? With the rise in oil prices, the profits of extractive companies surge—and a significant share ends up funneled through tax havens. But it’s not too late to tax war profiteers effectively. open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...

Where are the profits of the war going ?

With the rise in oil prices, the profits of extractive companies surge—and a significant share ends up funneled through tax havens. But it’s not too late to tax war profiteers effectively.

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It was a wonderful event at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social today with an enthusiastic and packed house to hear @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @mayor.nyc.gov and I talk about the absolute necessity for global societies to tax the ultra rich. It's not radical to think they should pay their fair share too

Happy tax day to all those who celebrate! Couldn’t be more excited to be in New York on this day to discuss the global fight to tax the super rich with Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social

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"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Over 80% of people want a wealth tax for billionaires. Of course they’re resisting with their army of lawyers and lobbyists, but we’re building ours. I’m so excited to be teaming up with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social 👉

En la década de los setenta, el 90 % de la renta obtenida del petróleo se socializaba. Hoy en día, dos tercios terminan en los bolsillos de los accionistas. 📈 Un análisis del economista @gabrielzucman.bsky.social ctxt.es/es/20260401/...

Où vont les profits de la guerre ? Avec l’envolée des prix du pétrole, les bénéfices des sociétés extractives explosent et finissent recyclés dans les paradis fiscaux. Mais il n’est pas trop tard pour taxer efficacement les profiteurs de guerre. gabrielzucman.substack.com/p/ou-vont-le...

Où vont les profits de la guerre ?

Avec l’envolée des prix du pétrole, les bénéfices des sociétés pétrolières explosent et finissent recyclés dans les paradis fiscaux.

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Brussels bubble: "the US is pulling ahead, the EU is lagging behind and must deregulate to remain competitive" Reality:

Ces dernières semaines, je suis allé dans plusieurs pays européens et j’ai des bonnes nouvelles à vous annoncer.🧵

Un grand merci aux étudiants de la Sorbonne et de l'ENS venus nombreux pour parler de justice fiscale et de démocratie La tournée de conférences publiques continue : à l'université de Nantes le 7 avril, à l'Alcazar de Marseille le 11 avril... A très bientôt partout en France!

The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

In bookstores in the UK on May 21 Very much looking forward to this

Pour comprendre la discussion budgétaire qui se clôt il faut objectiver, avec lucidité et sérénité, une réalité désormais structurante : l’emprise inédite des milliardaires sur la vie démocratique de la nation. gabrielzucman.substack.com/p/lemprise-d...

L'emprise des grandes fortunes françaises

Il n’existe aucun sujet de politique économique et sociale où l’on puisse observer un écart aussi béant entre le soutien populaire et la représentation nationale.

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Merci à l'université de Lille pour cet accueil extraordinaire ! J'ai hâte de poursuivre ces échanges partout en France De contribuer à l'appropriation citoyenne des savoirs Et de réfléchir avec vous aux nouveaux horizons de la justice et de la démocratie

1/ Big news! Today, we officially launch the International Tax Observatory (#ITO)🚀 Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.

Thank you Intertax for this special issue on the billionaire tax I have proposed, with lots of sharp and insightful contributions to the debate taxprofblog.aals.org/2026/01/31/i...

For two days, French star economist Gabriel Zucman was in the Netherlands. We followed him for #Nieuwsuur (yes, even on a bike! ) to hear why the super-rich should pay more tax, in our country too. Watch our report with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social ⬇️ nos.nl/l/2600719

Econoom pleit voor minimumbelasting voor de superrijken

Wereldwijd is er discussie over het belasten van de superrijken. De Franse econoom Gabriel Zucman is een van de aanjagers van deze discussie. In zijn land is hij een held. Hoe wordt zijn idee in Neder...

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Très honoré d’avoir reçu ce soir ce prix de l’association Anticor Le temps est venu de taxer les milliardaires, et de mettre en conformité nos lois avec nos principaux fondamentaux d’égalité devant l’impôt.

Association Anticor@anticor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Eric Alt, administrateur d’Anticor, remet un #prixéthique à l’économiste Gabriel Zucman pour son travail sur les inégalités sociales et fiscales. #Prixéthiques2026

I look forward to being auditioned by the Dutch parliament on Monday Het is tijd om miljardairs te belasten!

Tom van der Lee@tomvanderlee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

De Franse econoom @gabrielzucman.bsky.social wil de allerrijksten zwaarder belasten, ook in Nederland: “Miljardairs danken hun rijkdom niet alleen aan zichzelf”. Maandag 2 februari om 15.30 uur gaat hij in gesprek met Kamerleden in de Commissie Financiën. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

@gabrielzucman.bsky.social, professeur de sciences économiques, donnera une conférence à la @fsjps-ulille.bsky.social jeudi 5 février à partir de 17h en Amphi E. A suivre aussi en direct sur 👇 www.youtube.com/live/RHIUGd_...

Quelle politique fiscale, pour quelle justice sociale ? Conférence de Gabriel Zucman

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Thank you @fesonline.bsky.social for a memorable day in Berlin! And thanks to the many Berliners who came to hear about my new book, Reichensteuer I am delighted to see that the ideas in it are finding as much resonance in Germany as in France Lang lebe die Milliardärssteuer!

6 more days to apply to the UC Berkeley Stone Center Summer School on Inequality A 4-days program taught by leading inequality scholars, geared towards PhD students at the beginning of their program -- all costs covered Come join us! sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...

Stone Center Summer Institute 2026

A four-day summer institute on economic inequality

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We hear it all the time: Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically. This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe But it's simply not true! Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵

Wochenendlektüre. @gabrielzucman.bsky.social