Gabriel Zucman
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 12 Jul
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The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 197. The Billionaire Tax Debate (Gabriel Zucman) · 12 Jul 2026
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tech people and most of them are founders co-founders early investors and tech startups absolutely yeah but i think that it's not relevant what sector they operate in what are the individual merits or demerits of the people involved taxation wealth taxation is not about
It's not about their characters.
It's about money.
It's about budget.
It's about how we organize our collective spending.
And so the fact that they've been operating in this or that industry, I think, should not matter.
They've all benefited from government spending.
And in many ways, like SpaceX would not be possible without all the investments, but it was for government.
What I want to say is that the tax rate should not be decided based on the individual trajectories or merits of the individuals involved.
So you have good people among billionaires, you have less good people, and it just doesn't matter at all.
Okay, so let's talk about these two issues, which is one, would a tax on wealth...
discourage people from innovating, from becoming entrepreneurs.
And second, this issue of international mobility.
So on the first issue, I've spent 10 years in California.
I was in the faculty at Berkeley.
I've taught literally thousands of students who then went to launch a business, work in tech and so on.
And I've defended lots of projects for billionaire taxation, including in the US.
And not once have I ever
I had a student come to my office and tell me, oh, look, professor, I'm very excited about the prospect of creating my company.
I want to become an entrepreneur.
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