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We Need to Tax Billionaires
- Author
- Gabriel Zucman
- Narrator
- Des Yankson
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publish Date
- 21 May 2026
- Run Time
- 1 hour 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Popular economics, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements, Public finance and taxation
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
'The most important economist in the world today'
GARY STEVENSON
'Read it, share it and let's get on with it'
RUTGER BREGMAN
'Zucman knows more about billionaires and their wealth than anyone but the billionaires themselves'
OLIVER BULLOUGH
'Powerful'
MARTIN WOLF, FINANCIAL TIMES
Why do billionaires pay less tax than you?
Billionaires often pay a lower income tax rate than nurses, teachers and almost everyone else - sometimes close to zero. This isn't tax evasion, it's the system.
In this explosive manifesto, Gabriel Zucman - the economist revolutionising the study of inequality - reveals how the ultra-rich dodge billions using havens, loopholes and political influence, while public services are breaking.
Until we understand the hidden rules that protect extreme wealth, inequality will keep rising and democracy will keep losing. This game-changing book finally shows us how making the ultra-rich pay their fair share is possible, and why now is the moment.
'Builds the case that the world needs'
ABHIJIT BANERJEE AND ESTHER DUFLO
'Billionaires have . . . finally met their match in Gabriel Zucman'
ABIGAIL DISNEY
Critics Review
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If you want to understand why you are getting poorer, and, crucially, how to fix it, you have to read Gabriel Zucman. Finally - not just why, but crucially HOW to tax the super-rich
Gary Stevenson, bestselling author of THE TRADING GAME
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It's a taxing moment to be talking about taxing the billionaires. They are fighting back with their money, power and lies. This is a book that, soberly, and yet with passion and care, exposes those and builds the case that the world needs and can get them to pay their fair share
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, 2019 Nobel laureates in Economics
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Gabriel Zucman knows more about billionaires and their wealth than anyone but the billionaires themselves
Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of MONEYLAND
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Billionaires have used every excuse in the book to justify paying lower tax rates than their fellow compatriots, but they've finally met their match in Gabriel Zucman. In this book, Zucman rips every last page out of billionaires' tax excuse book and also, critically, lays out a refreshingly simple tax plan to get society on a more equitable, sustainable path
Abigail Disney, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
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This is economics at its most useful. Read it, share it, and let's get on with it
Rutger Bregman, bestselling author of MORAL AMBITION
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Powerful
Martin Wolf, Financial Times 'Best Summer Books of 2026'
User Reviews
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A must read/listen for anyone fed up with growing inequality.
mbrideau 2026-05-28
Details
- Author
- Gabriel Zucman
- Narrator
- Des Yankson
- Duration
- 1 hour 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9781399839594
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Genre
- Popular economics, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements, Public finance and taxation
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The most important economist in the world today'GARY STEVENSON'Read it, share it and let's get on with it'RUTGER BREGMAN'Zucman knows more about billionaires and their wealth than anyone but the billionaires themselves'OLIVER BULLOUGH'Powerful'MARTIN WOLF, FINANCIAL TIMESWhy do billionaires pay less tax than you?Billionaires often pay a lower income tax rate than nurses, teachers and almost everyone else - sometimes close to zero. This isn't tax evasion, it's the system.In this explosive manifesto, Gabriel Zucman - the economist revolutionising the study of inequality - reveals how the ultra-rich dodge billions using havens, loopholes and political influence, while public services are breaking.Until we understand the hidden rules that protect extreme wealth, inequality will keep rising and democracy will keep losing. This game-changing book finally shows us how making the ultra-rich pay their fair share is possible, and why now is the moment.'Builds the case that the world needs'ABHIJIT BANERJEE AND ESTHER DUFLO'Billionaires have . . . finally met their match in Gabriel Zucman'ABIGAIL DISNEY
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