Simon Johnson
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295 appearances
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2 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 7 Jul
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So I think wealth taxes will be part of it, Steph.
So the fact of the matter is that if you're sufficiently rich in the billions, multi-billions class, you don't pay much tax.
And the proposal that I've supported is
is one in which established wealth.
So you want to be careful with entrepreneurs.
You want to make sure they have an incentive to build their wealth and so on.
I don't think that's too difficult to add to this.
But once you've got the established wealth, I think the average rate of taxation should be roughly the same as high paid professionals like lawyers, for example, pay in terms of their tax.
And Gabrielle Zuckman has a calculation about 2% wealth tax.
Yeah.
I would say, though, I supported this proposal in France because I thought, well, you know, if anyone's going to do a wealth tax, it'll be the French.
And the French business press loves me on lots of these discussions and issues, but they don't love me on the wealth tax, I've got to tell you.
And nobody wants to tax the billionaires because they're afraid the golden goose is going to get, you know,
It's game impeded.
And I don't think that's right.
And I think that it's unfair, the current tax system.
And I'm not in favour of punitive taxes on billionaires or massive redistribution.
I just think they should pay roughly the same as other high income people pay, which is not a difficult ask at all.
But it's not on the cards, is it, in most countries?
I'm from the northern middle class, Steph.
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