Podcast Episodes featuring Gabriel Zucman

EP09: Gabriel Zucman - Wealth taxes and tax havens

Europe's New Political Economy - December 13, 2019 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In our last 2019 episode, Aidan Regan talks to UC Berkeley's Gabriel Zucman, one of the leading experts in global tax competition (and evasion!) about tax havens, wealth inequality, and how to popularize research in economics across the U.S. and EU. More on Zucman's latest book: https://wwnorto...

Understanding the Wealth Tax with Gabriel Zucman

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast - December 10, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 7.6K ratings
Could a wealth tax help reduce the vast income and wealth inequality in the country? It’s an idea that not only has the backing of two Democratic primary frontrunners - Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren - but also enjoys wide public support. So what would it look like to have a wealt...

How to make the rich pay their taxes (with Gabriel Zucman)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - November 26, 2019 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Tax rates on the wealthy have steadily eroded in the United States over the last forty years, leaving us with an upside-down tax code that benefits the rich. And it’s surprisingly easy for powerful people to evade the taxes that they do owe, which inevitably inspires another round of harsh budget...

Berkeley Economist Gabriel Zucman Says America’s Tax System Is a ‘Triumph of Injustice’

KQED's Forum - November 22, 2019 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
For the first time in modern U.S. history, the wealthiest 400 households are paying a lower percentage of their incomes in taxes than the working class. That's according to "The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay," a new book by UC Berkeley economics professor...

Gabriel Zucman on Inequality, Growth, and Distributional National Accounts

EconTalk - September 18, 2017 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
Gabriel Zucman of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research on inequality and the distribution of income in the United States over the last 35 years. Zucman finds that there has been no change in income for the bottom half of the income distr...