'Zucman tax': Calls to tax the ultra-rich grow louder in France.

Named after French economist Gabriel Zucman, the the Zucman tax proposal targets the ultra-wealthy and is the French left's answer to the country's public finance woes.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has already rejected it, but has acknowledged the desire for more fiscal justice in France.

Why has this tax come about and what does it hope to achieve?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251002-zucman-tax-calls-to-tax-the-ultra-rich-grow-louder-in-france?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#ZucmanTax #WealthTax #Inequality #Zucman #France

Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe's richest man

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/21/wealth-tax-would-be-deadly-for-french-economy-says-europe-richest-man-bernard-arnault

#HackerNews #WealthTax #FrenchEconomy #BernardArnault #EconomicImpact #TaxationPolicy

Andy Burnham here talking very positively about #LandValueTax and #WealthTax.

Politics Weekly UK: Andy Burnham live in conversation

Episode webpage: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politicsweekly

Media file: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/09/29-64201-Andy+Burnham+live+in+conversation.mp3

"Poverty doesn't come from nowhere. It's directly caused by this tolerance to wealth inequality"

https://youtu.be/zl_LgDjpzxE

#wealthtax #nzpol #ukpol

“If you tax the super wealthy, they’ll leave.”

If you don’t tax the super wealthy, the doctors will leave…

… and the engineers, research scientists, plumbers, brickies, everyone useful who isn’t already working for them…

Make your choice.

#garysEconomics #taxWealthNotWork #wealthtax

Wealth taxes in Europe: Who collects them and how much do they raise?

Wealth inequality is evident worldwide, including in Europe. The wealthiest 5% of the population in the eurozone control 45% of net household wealth, while the top 10% holds 57.4%.

Several European countries have repealed wealth taxes in recent decades. Only three still impose a tax on individual net wealth, while a few others levy taxes only on selected assets.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250929-wealth-taxes-in-europe-who-collects-them-and-how-much-do-they-raise?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Europe #WealthTax #Inequality #Tax

“[middle class] people are so protective of their OWN family wealth that they start to protect the family wealth of the exact people that are going to dispossess them”

https://youtu.be/bXwcqLl_2aY?si=oOWAnxbcTp-LfpQG

#tegenlicht #GaryStevenson #wealthtax