197. The Billionaire Tax Debate (Gabriel Zucman)

Can the super rich ever be fairly taxed, or are there too many functioning tax havens? Can capitalism survive the ever growing disparity between the top 1% and the rest? Should billionaires exist at all?

Rory and Alastair are joined by economist Gabriel Zucman to answer all this and more.

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