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SUMMARY:We need to tax billionaires
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Old Theatre\,
  Old Building)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 20 May 2026 3.30pm - 5pmSpeakerGabriel ZucmanChairPr
 ofessor Camille LandaisJoin us for this STICERD event at which Gabriel Zuc
 man will talk about his new book.While ordinary citizens pay around half o
 f their income in tax\, billionaires often pay close to zero income tax be
 cause they earn almost all of their income through companies. Yet there is
  a lack of political will to change this.If the super-rich are left outsid
 e the tax system\, the concentration of economic power eventually clashes 
 with our democratic ideals. This is both a question of fairness and a ques
 tion of democracy.Society has become richer\, but not more equitable. One 
 proposed solution is the 2% ‘Zucman tax’: a minimum tax on the ultra-r
 ich themselves\, put forward by economist and global expert on the taxatio
 n of wealth\, Gabriel Zucman. We Need to Tax Billionaires shows why now is
  the moment.Meet our speaker and chairGabriel Zucman is professor of econo
 mics at the Paris School of Economics and Ecole normale supérieure – PS
 L\, Summer Research Professor at the University of California\, Berkeley\,
  and founding Director of the International Tax Observatory. He is the aut
 hor of The Hidden Wealth of Nations and has had several papers published i
 n leading journals. He is the founding director of the PSE Stone center on
  Global Wealth Dynamics. He received the John Bates Clark Medal of the Ame
 rican Economic Association in 2023.Camille Landais is Professor of Economi
 cs at LSE\, and Director of STICERD. In addition to his academic role\, he
  is a member of the French Conseil d’Analyse Économique and holds affil
 iations with the Institut des politiques publiques\, the Institute for Fis
 cal Studies\, the IZA Institute of Labor Economics\, and the European Econ
 omic Association. He has also served in editorial roles for leading academ
 ic journals.More about this eventThe Suntory and Toyota International Cent
 res for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School o
 f Economics and Political Science (LSE) were established in 1978 with fund
 s donated by Suntory Limited and the (then) Toyota Motor Company Limited o
 f Japan\, with further donations from Suntory Limited in 1984 and 1989 and
  the Toyota Motor Corporation in 1995. We have also enjoyed the support of
  the Saji Research Lectureship in Japanese Economic and Social History.Fro
 m time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend
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 ents do not reflect the position or views of the London School of Economic
 s and Political Science.
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 to-tax-billionaires
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