Gabriel Zucman

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The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 197. The Billionaire Tax Debate (Gabriel Zucman) · 12 Jul 2026 podcast

86% of the population is in favor.

This is not a right-left thing.

But it's a left-right thing with the party leaders, right?

In parliament, yes.

There's a disconnect between the popular and democratic support and demand and what's currently being legislated.

I think the fact that the far right came out very strongly against this proposal is actually going to harm them a lot.

And for some time, they tried to maintain some kind of ambiguity, saying we're not in favor, but we recognize that there are problems with the tax system.

And then the debates that we had in the fall last year in France forced them to clarify what they stand for.

And they said, look, we think that the billionaires are untouchable.

If we tried to tax them, they would leave.

It would be like shooting ourselves in the foot.

We're not going to do that.

We have to accept that there's going to be a law that's more lenient for the super rich and the powerful and harsher for the poor, for immigrants, for the rest of the population.

That's their view.

It's very clear.

It's a very clear view.

But it's a view that most people find appalling.

Most people, they want equality before the law.

They don't accept it.

It is such a fundamental dimension of what it means to live in a democracy, of what it means to live with the rule of law.

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