Such a pleasure to meet with minister Cuerpo this morning to discuss the path towards a coordinated taxation of the super-rich. The future of global inequality and the future of democracy are at stake. Onwards!

Excited to be in Washington DC, where G20 finance ministers are meeting for the 2nd time under Brazil’s presidency

The idea of a coordinated minimum tax on the super-rich is gaining momentum!

A few events to follow this week 🧵

Extreme wealth concentration can no longer be dismissed. Right now, there is unprecedented momentum for taxing the super-rich & tackling tax evasion.

Join the conversation on #TaxTheRich at the #WBGMeetings .

🗓️ Wed 17th April
🕓 4-5.30pm EDT
💻 Zoom: rb.gy/ue34fx

NEW: my column this week is about the coming vibe shift, from Boomers vs Millennials to huge wealth inequality *between* Millennials.

Current discourse centres on how the average Millennial is worse-off than the average Boomer was, but the richest millennials are loaded 💸🚀

Aux Pays-Bas, les parlementaires de gauche, mais aussi de droite et les libéraux votent ensemble une résolution demandant au gouvernement de soutenir un accord international pour la taxation des ultras riches.

Yesterday, a large majority of the Dutch Parliament voted for a resolution asking the government to support coordinated efforts for a global tax on the very rich. This includes MPs from VVD (Renew), NSC (EPP), Groenlinks-PvdA (Greens/S&D), and SP (GUE/NGL).

Tax the rich or prepare for global conflicts | Interview with Branko Milanović
youtube.com/watch?v=rzsVcD…

“Tax The Rich Is Actually a Popular Bipartisan Stance, Poll Shows” [Bloomberg Tax]
Who would have thought it..

“In 30 years will ask ourselves why did we tolerate the super-rich, the billionaires, paying so little in taxes. This is a political and intellectual failure”
Gabriel Zucman
#UNtaxconvention

There is Dune 2, I know, but more important there is

Yep. It’s time to Tax the Rich.

'Some of the practical concerns of wealth taxes are mitigated when they apply only to a small number of superrich taxpayers' says IMF

Face aux ministres des finances du G20 ⁦⁦⁦Gabriel Zucman⁩ plaide pour une surtaxe d'impôt sur le revenu afin que les 3 000 milliardaires recensés paient l'équivalent de 2% de leur fortune en impôts. Recette annuelle : 250 milliards de dollars. rfi.fr/fr/%C3%A9conom…