“It’s a basic question of fairness… and equality before the law.” // TRAIN BRAIN

“It’s a basic question of fairness… and equality before the law.”

Economist Gabriel Zucman argues that billionaires can end up paying far less tax, relative to their income, than ordinary people, and says the case for a wealth tax is ultimately about more than raising money.
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