How to tax the rich?
In this week’s podcast our editors meet Rutger Bregman, the historian who criticised tax avoidance at the World Economic Forum in Davos
RUTGER BREGMAN, author of "Utopia for Realists", told attendees at Davos that rather than focusing on corporate do-goodery, they should simply pay more tax. Henry Curr, our economics editor, and author of our leader on how to tax the rich, challenges him on whether governments should soak the well-heeled. And is income, wealth or inheritance the best target? Anne McElvoy hosts. Runtime: 26 min.
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