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"The most important economist in the world today"
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The most important economist in the world today'GARY STEVENSON'Read it, share it and let's get on with it'RUTGER BREGMAN'Zucman knows more about billionaires and their wealth than anyone but the billionaires themselves'OLIVER BULLOUGH'Powerful'MARTIN WOLF, FINANCIAL TIMESWhy do billionaires pay less tax than you?Billionaires...
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A bold, accessible pamphlet on the global wealth-tax movement that is shaking up capitalism, from one of the most influential economists in the world.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The most important economist in the world today'GARY STEVENSON'Read it, share it and let's get on with it'RUTGER BREGMAN'Zucman knows more about billionaires and their wealth than anyone but the billionaires themselves'OLIVER BULLOUGH'Powerful'MARTIN WOLF, FINANCIAL TIMESWhy do billionaires pay less tax than you?Billionaires often pay a lower income tax rate than nurses, teachers and almost everyone else - sometimes close to zero. This isn't tax evasion, it's the system.In this explosive manifesto, Gabriel Zucman - the economist revolutionising the study of inequality - reveals how the ultra-rich dodge billions using havens, loopholes and political influence, while public services are breaking.Until we understand the hidden rules that protect extreme wealth, inequality will keep rising and democracy will keep losing. This game-changing book finally shows us how making the ultra-rich pay their fair share is possible, and why now is the moment.'Builds the case that the world needs'ABHIJIT BANERJEE AND ESTHER DUFLO'Billionaires have . . . finally met their match in Gabriel Zucman'ABIGAIL DISNEY
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ISBN: 9781399839600
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Basic Books
Illustration: N/A
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 106.0mm
Height: 176.0mm
Weight: 76g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Gabriel Zucman is a professor of economics at the Paris School of Economics, Summer Research Professor at the University of California, Berkely and founding director of the International Tax Observatory. He previously taught at the London School of Economics. Zucman is the author two books, The Triumph of Injustice and The Hidden Wealth of Nations. He has received numerous awards including the John Bates Clark Medal of the American Economic Association, awarded to the economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.
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