The economist billionaires fear: this is how we get a wealth tax

Gabriel Zucman is the most important economist in the world today. And the one billionaires fear most. His wealth tax proposals have passed France's lower chamber of parliament – and will likely be signed into law in the coming years. Here's his advice for how we can tax the super rich more in the UK and other countries. Zucman's book "We Need to Tax Billionaires" is now available in bookshops, and my book "The Trading Game" is now available in French as "Confessions d'un Trader Repenti". Enjoy!! 00:00 Intro 02:57 Who is Gabriel Zucman? 07:14 Why universities ignore inequality 14:05 What is the problem? 20:12 How we tax billionaires more 26:51 Gabriel’s billionaire tax in France 27:46 Learn from taxes in past 30:14 The current situation is radical 33:29 Wealth is concentrating at the top 39:07 How the UK can adopt this tax 46:02 Message to The Rest is Politics 50:12 Final message ––––––––––– JOIN OUR PATREON – patreon.com GET MERCH – shop.garyseconomics.org DONATE – buy.stripe.com JOIN GARY'S MAILING LIST – subscribepage.io GET THE TRADING GAME – penguin.co.uk ––––––––––– Follow Gary on other channels: LINKEDIN – linkedin.com SPOTIFY – open.spotify.com INSTAGRAM – @garyseconomics TIKTOK – @garyseconomics BLUESKY – bsky.app X – twitter.com FACEBOOK – @garyseconomics DISCORD – discord.gg WEBSITE – garyseconomics.org