Key facts
- Economist Gabriel Zucman is organizing a fiscal justice summit in Paris on November 21.
- U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been invited to the summit.
- The summit aims to tackle the "explosion in extreme wealth and the accompanying concentration of power."
- Zucman is a prominent advocate for taxing the ultra-wealthy and teaches at the Paris School of Economics and UC Berkeley.
- The event's themes include media and online platforms, artificial intelligence, and taxing billionaires.
- Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and author Thomas Piketty are co-organizers.
Economist Gabriel Zucman, a leading advocate for taxing the ultra-wealthy, is organizing a summit on fiscal justice in Paris on November 21. He has invited U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the event, which aims to address the growing concentration of wealth and power.
Zucman, who teaches at the Paris School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley, stated that the summit seeks to provide an objective assessment of extreme wealth and foster international partnerships. The event will focus on themes including media and online platforms, artificial intelligence, and taxing billionaires. Co-organizers include Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and author Thomas Piketty.
The summit is set to occur shortly after the release of Zucman's book, "Against the International Oligarchy." While the event is not expected to influence the upcoming November 3 California ballot initiative for a one-time 5% state tax on billionaires, it appears designed to re-ignite public debate on wealth inequality and tax justice ahead of the French presidential election in April.