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Gabriel Zucman

Gabriel Zucman is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is coauthor, with Emmanuel Saez, of The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay.

Articles

For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.

Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez

Forums

For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.

Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez
Contemporary economics is finally breaking free from its market fetishism, offering plenty of tools we can use to make society more inclusive.
Dani Rodrik, Gabriel Zucman, Suresh Naidu

Forum Responses

A wealth tax is not a silver bullet, but it is essential, and it can work.
Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez
Rather than oracles channeling a supply-and-demand deity, economists should be enablers of democratic priorities.
Dani Rodrik, Gabriel Zucman, Suresh Naidu

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