It's a subject that has caused a stir in French politics: the so-called Zucman tax. The proposal involves levying a minimum 2% tax on top of regular income tax on individuals who have assets of more ...

Just how close to nothing? This close: Over the past four decades, the world’s “ultra-high-net-worth individuals” have seen their fortunes increase, after taking inflation into account, an average 7.5 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2 percent tax on their ...

A protester holds a placard reading, "Tax the rich or we'll eat them," in Paris, France, on Oct. 2, 2025. (Eric Broncard/Hans Lucas via AFP) PARIS (AFP) — France’s prime minister on Friday urged ...

TRIBUNE. Derrière la taxe Zucman, présentée comme l’outil d’une justice fiscale retrouvée, Pierre Pimpie*, haut fonctionnaire ...

Plans for a wealth tax, which is dividing France, have gotten popular around the world as inequality has widened and government debt has risen. Credit...Doug Chayka Supported by By Patricia Cohen ...

The proposed tax reform taking France by storm came from one of UC Berkeley’s own, Gabriel Zucman, a summer research professor and director of the Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality’s Summer ...

Prakash Loungani profiles Berkeley’s Gabriel Zucman, a strong advocate for higher taxes on the most affluent In 2012 the famous French actor Gérard Depardieu moved his home across the border to ...

PARIS (Reuters) -After winning a major concession on pension reform from Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, France's Socialists on Wednesday set their sights on including a tax on billionaires in the ...

How much do billionaires really pay in taxes? "Today, the superrich control a greater share of America's wealth than during the Gilded Age of Carnegies and Rockefellers," said Gabriel Zucman in a ...