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Gabriel Zucman

@gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Chasing wealth and income, present and past, onshore and offshore. gabriel-zucman.eu www.taxobservatory.eu

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social debunks their lies. Watch.
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How Would a Wealth Tax Work? (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thanks Martin Wolf for including “We need to tax billionaires” in the FT’s best books of 2026 ✊ www.ft.com/content/96e2...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/06/2026
The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman
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The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
In bookstores across the US on August 25. If ever there was a time to act, it is now.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It seems we are now entering a new phase of the rise of inequality in the US. It's not just wealth and billionaires — it's a broader acceleration. Here's who benefited from economic growth in 2025, according to the latest estimates available on realtimeinequality.org
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Saez and @gabrielzucman.bsky.social on the CA billionaire tax 250 households (0.001% of the state) holds wealth equal to more than half of California’s entire annual economic output Their wealth grows 15% a year and is taxed at just 0.26% per year www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | The Case for California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax
Silicon Valley’s growth over recent decades has made California rich — and one of the most unequal places in America.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Le temps est venu de taxer les profiteurs de guerre. open.substack.com/pub/gabrielz...
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Where are the profits of the war going? With the rise in oil prices, the profits of extractive companies surge—and a significant share ends up funneled through tax havens. But it’s not too late to tax war profiteers effectively. open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...
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Where are the profits of the war going ?
With the rise in oil prices, the profits of extractive companies surge—and a significant share ends up funneled through tax havens. But it’s not too late to tax war profiteers effectively.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It was a wonderful event at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social today with an enthusiastic and packed house to hear @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, @mayor.nyc.gov and I talk about the absolute necessity for global societies to tax the ultra rich. It's not radical to think they should pay their fair share too
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Happy tax day to all those who celebrate! Couldn’t be more excited to be in New York on this day to discuss the global fight to tax the super rich with Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 13/04/2026
Over 80% of people want a wealth tax for billionaires. Of course they’re resisting with their army of lawyers and lobbyists, but we’re building ours. I’m so excited to be teaming up with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social 👉
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CTXT.es @ctxt.es · 10/04/2026
En la década de los setenta, el 90 % de la renta obtenida del petróleo se socializaba. Hoy en día, dos tercios terminan en los bolsillos de los accionistas. 📈 Un análisis del economista @gabrielzucman.bsky.social ctxt.es/es/20260401/...
Un pozo petrolífero en California.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Où vont les profits de la guerre ? Avec l’envolée des prix du pétrole, les bénéfices des sociétés extractives explosent et finissent recyclés dans les paradis fiscaux. Mais il n’est pas trop tard pour taxer efficacement les profiteurs de guerre. gabrielzucman.substack.com/p/ou-vont-le...
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Où vont les profits de la guerre ?
Avec l’envolée des prix du pétrole, les bénéfices des sociétés pétrolières explosent et finissent recyclés dans les paradis fiscaux.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Brussels bubble: "the US is pulling ahead, the EU is lagging behind and must deregulate to remain competitive" Reality:
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Ces dernières semaines, je suis allé dans plusieurs pays européens et j’ai des bonnes nouvelles à vous annoncer.🧵
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Un grand merci aux étudiants de la Sorbonne et de l'ENS venus nombreux pour parler de justice fiscale et de démocratie La tournée de conférences publiques continue : à l'université de Nantes le 7 avril, à l'Alcazar de Marseille le 11 avril... A très bientôt partout en France!
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In bookstores in the UK on May 21 Very much looking forward to this
We Need to Tax Billionaires -- Gabriel Zucman
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Pour comprendre la discussion budgétaire qui se clôt il faut objectiver, avec lucidité et sérénité, une réalité désormais structurante : l’emprise inédite des milliardaires sur la vie démocratique de la nation. gabrielzucman.substack.com/p/lemprise-d...
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L'emprise des grandes fortunes françaises
Il n’existe aucun sujet de politique économique et sociale où l’on puisse observer un écart aussi béant entre le soutien populaire et la représentation nationale.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Merci à l'université de Lille pour cet accueil extraordinaire ! J'ai hâte de poursuivre ces échanges partout en France De contribuer à l'appropriation citoyenne des savoirs Et de réfléchir avec vous aux nouveaux horizons de la justice et de la démocratie
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International Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
1/ Big news! Today, we officially launch the International Tax Observatory (#ITO)🚀 Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Thank you Intertax for this special issue on the billionaire tax I have proposed, with lots of sharp and insightful contributions to the debate taxprofblog.aals.org/2026/01/31/i...
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INTERTAX: Special Issue on Zucman's Billionaire Tax • TaxProf Blog
INTERTAX has released a special issue on Gabriel Zucman’s “billionaire tax” proposal (volume 54, issue 1). From U.S. institutions, contributors include Jayati Ghosh (U. Mass., Econ.), Dan Shaviro (NYU...
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Saskia Dekkers @saskiadekkers.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
For two days, French star economist Gabriel Zucman was in the Netherlands. We followed him for #Nieuwsuur (yes, even on a bike! ) to hear why the super-rich should pay more tax, in our country too. Watch our report with @gabrielzucman.bsky.social ⬇️ nos.nl/l/2600719
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Econoom pleit voor minimumbelasting voor de superrijken
Wereldwijd is er discussie over het belasten van de superrijken. De Franse econoom Gabriel Zucman is een van de aanjagers van deze discussie. In zijn land is hij een held. Hoe wordt zijn idee in Neder...
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Très honoré d’avoir reçu ce soir ce prix de l’association Anticor Le temps est venu de taxer les milliardaires, et de mettre en conformité nos lois avec nos principaux fondamentaux d’égalité devant l’impôt.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I look forward to being auditioned by the Dutch parliament on Monday Het is tijd om miljardairs te belasten!
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Université de Lille @univlille.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
@gabrielzucman.bsky.social, professeur de sciences économiques, donnera une conférence à la @fsjps-ulille.bsky.social jeudi 5 février à partir de 17h en Amphi E. A suivre aussi en direct sur 👇 www.youtube.com/live/RHIUGd_...
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Quelle politique fiscale, pour quelle justice sociale ? Conférence de Gabriel Zucman
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thank you @fesonline.bsky.social for a memorable day in Berlin! And thanks to the many Berliners who came to hear about my new book, Reichensteuer I am delighted to see that the ideas in it are finding as much resonance in Germany as in France Lang lebe die Milliardärssteuer!
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
6 more days to apply to the UC Berkeley Stone Center Summer School on Inequality A 4-days program taught by leading inequality scholars, geared towards PhD students at the beginning of their program -- all costs covered Come join us! sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
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Stone Center Summer Institute 2026
A four-day summer institute on economic inequality
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We hear it all the time: Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically. This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe But it's simply not true! Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
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Markus Marterbauer @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Wochenendlektüre. @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Wouter Leenders @leenders.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
De econoom Gabriel Zucman (@gabrielzucman.bsky.social) geeft 2 februari om 17:00 een lezing in het splinternieuwe Spuigebouw in Den Haag: Taxing the ultra-rich: public finance in an age of extreme inequality. De lezing is openbaar maar aanmelden is verplicht en kan via economie@law.leidenuniv.nl.
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Wouter Leenders @leenders.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Op 29 januari komt het nieuwe essay van @gabrielzucman.bsky.social in het Nederlands uit: Miljardairs betalen geen inkomstenbelasting en daar gaan we een eind aan maken. Wat mij betreft een absolute aanrader voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in ongelijkheid, belastingen en onze democratie.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ich bin begeistert von der Veröffentlichung dieses Buches und freue mich darauf, später in diesem Monat in Berlin darüber zu sprechen.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
California wants to tax billionaires with a 5% wealth tax and the CEO of Nvidia, who would have to pay $8 billion on his $163 billion fortune, says it like it is: that's perfectly fine! 🧵
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Jean Pisani-Ferry @pisaniferry.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Les motifs économiques de l'intervention américaine au Venezuela : un post éclairant de @gabrielzucman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/gabrielz...
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Comprendre l’intervention américaine au Venezuela
On ne peut pas comprendre l’enlèvement de Nicolas Maduro si l’on ignore les masses financières colossales associées à un changement de régime à Caracas.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Un grand merci aux aixoises et aux aixois d'être venus si nombreux à Sciences Po pour parler de l'avenir de la justice fiscale et de la démocratie. La tournée de conférences publiques se poursuivra en 2026 dans toute la France -- à très bientôt !
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Un grand merci aux amiénoises et amiénois d'être venus si nombreux hier pour parler de l'impôt plancher sur les ultra-riches et de l'avenir de la justice fiscale
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
400 personnes à la Librairie des Volcans, plus de 1 000 à la faculté, toutes curieuses de s’approprier les savoirs, de réfléchir aux nouveaux horizons de la démocratie : C’est à Clermont-Ferrand que la grande bataille citoyenne pour la justice fiscale a commencé 🧵
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Aujourd’hui sort mon nouveau livre «Les milliardaires ne paient pas d’impôt sur le revenu et nous allons y mettre fin.»🧵
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Je me réjouis grandement de débattre avec Pascal Saint-Amans le jeudi 23 octobre à 9h à l'Ecole normale supérieure, autour de la parution de mon livre "Les milliardaires ne paient pas d'impôt sur le revenu et nous allons y mettre fin" Inscriptions 👇👇👇 www.ens.psl.eu/actualites/t...
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Taxer les plus riches : quelle justice fiscale pour le XXIᵉ siècle ? Débat avec Gabriel Zucman et Pascal Saint-Amans à l’École normale supérieure
Comment concilier justice fiscale, efficacité économique et équité démocratique, dans un contexte marqué à la fois par de nouvelles contraintes budgétaires et de nouveaux besoins d’investissement ?
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/10/2025
Opinion: More than any other western European country, France is dominated by powerful billionaires paying relatively low taxes. Most voters agree that France should cut its deficit, and the majority says: the super-rich first. on.ft.com/4hedHHZ
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Tout juste sortis de l'imprimerie. En librairie le 24 octobre. Très hâte !
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Parfois c’est ce qui nous est le plus proche que l’on met le plus de temps à voir. Pendant quinze ans j’ai cartographié les grandes fortunes mondiales, objectivé leurs techniques pour contourner l’impôt dans les paradis fiscaux, du Luxembourg aux îles vierges britanniques... 🧵
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Matt Collin @mattcollin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🚨New working paper🚨 In this updated work with Annette Alstadsaeter, @bluebery-planterose.com , @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and @andokl.bsky.social , we use leaked data to chart the rise of offshore real estate in Dubai www.taxobservatory.eu//www-site/up...
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NBER @nber.org · 02/09/2025
Matching the Forbes 400 to tax data finds that they pay a total tax rate of 24 percent of economic income, lower than the 30 percent tax rate paid on average in the US, from Akcan S. Balkir, Emmanuel Saez, Danny Yagan, and Gabriel Zucman www.nber.org/papers/w34170
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
New Bureau of Economic Analysis data: In 2023 US multinationals booked 42% of their foreign profits in the main tax havens After 2 years of unprecedented decline, profit shifting seems to be rising again Back to the lung-run trend that started in 1978?
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Think how much you pay in taxes. Now think about this: The ultra-wealthy pay between 0% and 0.6% of their wealth in individual income tax – around 0.6% in a country like the United States and 0.1% in a country like France. We wrote about it in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists
OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
An international call for action just got louder: Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally 🧵 www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists
OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...
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