The World Inequality Lab organized the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-6, 2026.
00:25 Plenary Session: The Future of Billionaire Taxati...
Despite the loud protests and misinformation, despite the Trump administration cutting taxes like there's no tomorrow, there's a wealth tax wave that's rising across US states...we look at the most...
Two grievances lodged against King George in the Declaration of Independence—taxation without consent and trade restrictions—continue to shape American policy today.
On this episode of Democracy ...
Two grievances lodged against King George in the Declaration of Independence—taxation without consent and trade restrictions—continue to shape American policy today.
On this episode of Democracy ...
At #WIC2026, leading experts, including #ICRICT Thomas Piketty and @gabriel.zucman discussed how taxing extreme wealth could help address some of today's most pressing economic challenges. 🧵
"Our..
Inclusive Framework. Decades later, the OECD process has failed to curb harmful tax practices – triggering the pursuit of a different approach at the UN now underway.
From their inception, howeve...
Objectives of the webinar
Present to Member States the regional reports on the monitoring of taxes on alcoholic beverages and sweetened beverages in the Americas.
Present to Member States the res...
El 13 de mayo de 2026 en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la UBA, se llevó adelante una conversación a la luz del informe del Observatorio Fiscal Internacional (Zucman) y su propuesta para la ...
Mostly Economics Podcast #35: Tax the Worker, Spare the Wealthy
The US tax code is not broken. It is working exactly as the wealthy designed it. Dean Baker sits down with Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, to expos...
Majority Agenda: Make It Easy to Tax the Rich
... fair system would actually look like.
Dean's policy brief:
https://bit.ly/MA_ProgressiveTax
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The Majority Agenda is a collection of policy briefs developed by CEPR experts on...
What if a future progressive president (like AOC) used the same tools as DOGE to push their agenda?
But would that a...
While it is true that death and taxes are unavoidable, good tax policies can help delay the inevitable. So-called sin taxes on alcohol, tobacco, sugar, and other harmful products can raise revenues...
The IRS and the Postal Service are close to their breaking points. On this episode of The Current, Katie Dunn Tenpas speaks with Senior Fellows Elena Patel and Vanessa Williamson about how cuts hav...
En un contexto donde la desigualdad y la desconfianza en las instituciones crecen, hablar de justicia fiscal es también hablar de democracia.
📢 En el foro público “Regresividad fiscal y crisis dem..
A tiny group of very wealthy people are burning through carbon like there'll be no tomorrow. Taxcast host Naomi Fowler talks to economist Tasnia Hussain about the most effective ways to tax emissio...
At the EU Tax Symposium (European Parliament, March 17), Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz delivers a powerful closing message: Trump's destruction of global tax rules has created an unexpected opport...
...Symposium in Brussels (March 17, 2026) to make an urgent, wide-ranging case for progressive wealth taxation — and to explain why getting it right is about far more than revenue.
He...
Financial capital inequalities are bad enough, explained our co-chair Professor Jayati Ghosh at the International Panel on Inequality (IPI) conference at @UN in Geneva. But regressive tax systems m...
In this clip from The Policy Fix, Helen Miller pushes back on one of the most common excuses for political inaction on tax reform. When people suggest the public just would not accept meaningful ch...
In this clip from The Policy Fix, Tim Leunig makes a direct and urgent case to whoever is sitting in the chancellor's chair. You do not know how long you will be in post. You do not know what circu...