VoxEU Talk
Taxation
Do billionaires pay taxes?
More new research from the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum 2024.
Data about the personal finances of the richest people in our society is hard to find. A team of economists in France have attempted to answer a question that increasing preoccupies both policymakers and the public: how much tax do the ultra-rich actually pay? Antoine Bozio talks to Tim Phillips about why France’s tax regime is no longer progressive – and what would happen if progressivity was restored.
