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What IF we introduced a wealth tax to help the young?

WhatIF? Podcast

English - June 05, 2024 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB
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This episode explores the intergenerational fairness case for a wealth tax with discussion between IF co-founders Angus Hanton and Liz Emerson and the report author, Alec Haglund. 

It discusses how a moderate wealth tax would affect just 1% of the UK population while raising at least £18 billion a year which could be used to lower younger people's tax rates or even invest in free higher education.