Taxing the wealthiest is not just a question of tax design, but also of institutional capacity: whether states can see wealth, reach it, tax it, and withstand the backlash that follows. The new @neweconomics.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social report: From Design to Capacity. cesr.org/institutiona...

New resource: Ensuring institutional capacity for taxing wealth

A CESR and New Economics Foundation report argues taxing the wealthy depends not just on policy design, but on governments’ institutional capacity to implement and enforce it effectively.

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The UK helped build the global infrastructure that enables offshore wealth, secrecy and elite impunity. Addressing the harms of #extremewealth - including its role as a structural constraint on democracy and climate justice - means confronting the UK’s own role in enabling these systems.

Tax Justice UK@taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🇬🇧 The UK has a dirty little secret… It’s really good at hiding dirty little secrets. In June, the UK hosts a global dirty‑money summit — but unless they face Britain’s own role, it’ll just be a meaningless talking shop. Head to taxjustice.uk/DirtyMoney to find out more.

So proud to be @ilo.org Geneva to help launch the Roadmap to Eradicate Poverty Beyond Growth www.neep-poverty.org. Congratulations to @deschuttero.bsky.social and the entire team who led this timely and urgent initiative @neweconomics.bsky.social

I’ve been trying to make sense of why everything feels so unstable right now. Most explanations point to geopolitics - multipolarity, fragmentation, rivalry. That all feels true. But also incomplete.

Another insightful observation from @deschuttero.bsky.social from the @theguardian.com You know there is a problem when the UN Special Rapporteur on *Extreme Poverty* thinks Extreme Wealth is the real issue. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert

Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

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“we now have the clear understanding of why tech does not work for learning. And it is all biological…we've evolved biologically to learn from other human beings, not from screens. And screens circumvent that process.” Amazing intervention by neuroscientist Dr Jared Horvath youtu.be/Fd-_VDYit3U?...

Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development

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There's some wonderful writing from @febalata.bsky.social in this edition of Renewal, on how extreme wealth undermines democracy, blocks attempts at justice, and on how the fight against it has got to be a core priority of modern progressive politics.

Renewal@renewaljournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW ISSUE: Renewal 33/3&4 Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond

New briefing out on “invisible wealth”: UK wealth has surged through asset price inflation, but the tax system still struggles to see it, let alone tax it fairly. The report digs into why that gap matters and what it would take to close it. #extremewealth 🔗 neweconomics.org/2026/01/taxi...

New Economics Foundation@neweconomics.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This government needs to get better at taxing the wealthy - that starts with getting a proper view on who owns what. Find out more in our latest briefing: neweconomics.org/2026/01/taxi...

The Epstein archive, taken seriously, is not a morality play. It is an exposure of how harm emerges from ordinary incentives interacting with extraordinary insulation. Have a read of my latest essay here: open.substack.com/pub/fernanda... #extremewealth

Systemic Colour: on discomfort, vulnerability, and structural change

There is a moment, often brief, when the world stops settling easily.

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Absolute blockbuster of a new issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, edited by @morganj0nes.bsky.social @neilwarner.bsky.social and @beccagold.bsky.social which takes a big picture view of the past year and a half of Labour government.

Renewal@renewaljournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW ISSUE: Renewal 33/3&4 Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond

Tune in to understand how international solidarity and concrete action to fight harms of extreme wealth and imperialism is happening in the Americas #nuestraamerica @progintl.bsky.social youtube.com/live/B01iBwh...

LIVE from Bogotá — POR NUESTRA AMÉRICA

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Don't miss this webinar on the role of local currency financing in reframing global economic governance and delivering debt, and climate justice. Excited to be speaking alongside these amazing people! Sign up 👇 @neweconomics.bsky.social

Positive Money UK@positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Around 3.4 billion people live in countries that spend more on debt interest than on health or education. Can local currency financing help solve this problem? Join us for an online discussion: 📅 Thursday 22 January 🕠 5:30 pm GMT Register now:

Great job opportunity to join the amazing NEF team in the UK 👇

New Economics Foundation@neweconomics.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We're hiring! Join us as our new programme coordinator. Support the delivery of our major programmes to ensure they deliver to time, task and budget. Salary: £35,845 Hours: full time (32 hours a week) Contract: 18 months

South America knows this feeling. Not shock but recognition. I wrote a long piece about Venezuela, Gaza, and what happens when rules keep speaking but stop intervening. open.substack.com/pub/fernanda... #PoliticalEconomy #LatinAmerica

South American Déjà Vu

Venezuela, Gaza, and when the rules stop speaking

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We're really proud to be part of this joint report with ‬ ‪@neweconomics.bsky.social‬, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil. With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.

New Economics Foundation@neweconomics.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW REPORT: As the G20 approaches its 20th summit, a new independent assessment finds it has failed to tackle inequality and deliver economic justice. The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7

Great discussion today with my co-authors of The G20 at a Crossroads. @sarahanderson.bsky.social @reyannaj.bsky.social @ips-dc.org Shikwane and Gilad at the Institute for Economic Justice, Marco at Transforma. TU @civicusalliance.bsky.social for hosting us! neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-...

If you are in Joburg / Johannesburg this Tuesday 18th November, please join for the launch of the report, we are being hosted by @civicusalliance.bsky.social and it will be a good time to think together about our global economic future. Sign up here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Report Launch | G20 at a Crossroads: Lessons for an equitable global economic future

We are delighted to invite you to the Johannesburg launch of a new major report, The G20 at a Crossroads: Lessons for an equitable global economic future, produced by five leading think tanks from aro...

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New Economics Foundation@neweconomics.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📘 The G20 at a Crossroads By NEF (UK), the Institute for Economic Justice (South Africa), @ips-dc.org (US), Transforma (Brazil), and international NGO @cesr.bsky.social. Read the full report: neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-... 7/7

Billie Eilish posed an important question more public figures should: “Why are you a billionaire?” It matters because it’s not just about lifestyle choices. Extreme wealth results from political choices, dominant social norms - we can change them. @neweconomics.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org

Kamal Ramburuth from the Institute for Economic Justice in South Africa, introducing the issue of debt repayments in Africa at the T20 Summit. See @neweconomics.bsky.social report with IEJ and other international partners neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-...

The private sector has let our public services down again and again. So why do we assume the private sector is always the best person for the job? Because we don't value the expertise and competency of communities, says @francesnorthrop.bsky.social on the latest New Economics Podcast 🎙️

NEW REPORT: As the G20 approaches its 20th summit, a new independent assessment finds it has failed to tackle inequality and deliver economic justice. The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7

Im so excited to put out this analysis done in true collaborative spirit with amazing colleagues across orgs. On my way to Joburg to launch the report and hoping to find hope by surrounding myself with those who refuse to give in or give up the fight. 👊🏽

New Economics Foundation@neweconomics.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📘 The G20 at a Crossroads By NEF (UK), the Institute for Economic Justice (South Africa), @ips-dc.org (US), Transforma (Brazil), and international NGO @cesr.bsky.social. Read the full report: neweconomics.org/2025/11/the-... 7/7

Kick-starting #WBGMeetings w our @patrioticmillionaires.org CSPF event: Extreme wealth - How much is too much? A new measure for better economies, democracies and societies. 👉Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 @ 11-12:30pm DC in World Bank I Building 2-250 🖥️ Livestream: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

5⃣ At the World Bank Annuals, @patrioticmillionaires.org member @abigaildisney.bsky.social joined a panel including @neweconomics.bsky.social's Fernanda Balata to discuss how we can measure extreme wealth.

In this week’s Closer Look, we explore how timely and dangerous that threat has become and what world leaders must do to confront it. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...

Extreme wealth is a global problem. We have global solutions.

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When we talk about extreme wealth inequality, we need to recognize that historically, great wealth has caused great pain in this country. Massive wealth accumulation seems to be unable to separate itself from cruelty. @abigaildisney.bsky.social

“I was born into wealth, and wealth just became more wealth. There is a thing as too much wealth, it’s bad for the world and it’s bad for those who own it, it’s alienating and morally corrosive." Abigail Disney at #IMFMeetings. @patrioticmillionaires.org @patmillsuk.bsky.social

"Extreme wealth has been driving inflation in housing prices, distorting democracy, locking in carbon, and fueling cross border tax abuse. There are many negative spillovers of high wealth inequality" - Political Economist Fernanda Balata at #IMFMeetings.

We are so grateful for members like @abigaildisney.bsky.social who are willing to share their experiences AND speak out about the extreme dangers extreme wealth poses to any society 💕

ICRICT@icrict.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“I was born into wealth, and wealth just became more wealth. There is a thing as too much wealth, it’s bad for the world and it’s bad for those who own it, it’s alienating and morally corrosive." Abigail Disney at #IMFMeetings. @patrioticmillionaires.org @patmillsuk.bsky.social

"One ethical reason for acknowledging that there is excessive wealth, is that its existence is starkly contrasted with the significant levels of poverty. As long as people live in extreme poverty, the presence of extreme wealth is morally unacceptable." - Nora Lustig at #IMFMeetings.