New nonfiction · 2026

We Need to Tax Billionaires

2026 book by French economist Gabriel Zucman

Summary

We Need to Tax Billionaires is a 2026 book by French economist Gabriel Zucman. It was first published in France as Les milliardaires ne paient pas d’impôt sur le revenu, Le Seuil. Zucman's central proposal is that there should be an annual two per cent levy of the wealth of individuals with a net worth of more than €100 million (£87 million).

From the Wikipedia article “We Need to Tax Billionaires”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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