Gabriel Zucman

Emmanuel Saez

America's runaway inequality has an engine: our unjust tax system.

How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay

The Triumph of Injustice

In The Hidden Wealth of Nations he offers an ambitious agenda for reform, focused on ways in which countries can change the incentives of tax havens. Only by first understanding the extent of the wealth being secretly held can we begin to estimate the kind of actions that would force tax havens to give up their practices. Zucman's work has quickly become the gold standard for quantifying the amount of the world's assets held in havens, and in this concise book, he lays out in approachable language how the international banking system works and the dangerous extent to which the large-scale evasion of taxes is undermining the global market as a whole. The Hidden Wealth of Nations is essential reading if we are to find a way to solve the problem of increasing inequality

The Scourge of Tax Havens

The Hidden Wealth of Nations

Uluslarin Gizli Zenginligi

Vergi Cennetleri

We are well aware of the rise of the 1% as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world’s wealth in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imbalance is to significantly increase the rate at which we tax the wealthy. But with an enormous amount of the world’s wealth hidden in tax havens—in countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Cayman Islands—this wealth cannot be fully accounted for and taxed fairly. No one, from economists to bankers to politicians, has been able to quantify exactly how much of the world’s assets are currently hidden—until now. Gabriel Zucman is the first economist to offer reliable insight into the actual extent of the world’s money held in tax havens. And it’s staggering. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations, Zucman offers an inventive and sophisticated approach to quantifying how big the problem is, how tax havens work and are organized, and how we can begin to approach a solution. His research reveals that tax havens are a quickly growing danger to the world economy. In the past five years, the amount of wealth in tax havens has increased over 25%—there has never been as much money held offshore as there is today. This hidden wealth accounts for at least $7.6 trillion, equivalent to 8% of the global financial assets of households. Fighting the notion that any attempts to vanquish tax havens are futile, since some countries will always offer more advantageous tax rates than others, as well the counter-argument that since the financial crisis tax havens have disappeared, Zucman shows how both sides are actually very wrong. In The Hidden Wealth of Nations he offers an ambitious agenda for reform, focused on ways in which countries can change the incentives of tax havens. Only by first understanding the enormity of the secret wealth can we begin to estimate the kind of actions that would force tax havens to give up their practices. Zucman’s work has quickly become the gold standard for quantifying the amount of the world’s assets held in havens. In this concise book, he lays out in approachable language how the international banking system works and the dangerous extent to which the large-scale evasion of taxes is undermining the global market as a whole. If we are to find a way to solve the problem of increasing inequality, The Hidden Wealth of Nations is essential reading.

Thomas Piketty

Facundo Alvaredo

Lucas Chancel

World Inequality Report 2018 is the most authoritative and up-to-date account of global trends in inequality. Researched, compiled, and written by a team of the world's leading economists of inequality, it presents--with unrivaled clarity and depth--information and analysis that will be vital to policy makers and scholars everywhere. Inequality has taken center stage in public debate as the wealthiest people in most parts of the world have seen their share of the economy soar relative to that of others, many of whom, especially in the West, have experienced stagnation. The resulting political and social pressures have posed harsh new challenges for governments and created a pressing demand for reliable data. The World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley, has answered this call by coordinating research into the latest trends in the accumulation and distribution of income and wealth on every continent. This inaugural report analyzes the Lab's findings, which include data from major countries where information has traditionally been difficult to acquire, such as China, India, and Brazil. Among nations, inequality has been decreasing as traditionally poor countries' economies have caught up with the West. The report shows, however, that inequality has been steadily deepening within almost every nation, though national trajectories vary, suggesting the importance of institutional and policy frameworks in shaping inequality. World Inequality Report 2018 will be a key document for anyone concerned about one of the most imperative and contentious subjects in contemporary politics and economics.

World Inequality Report 2018

»Gabriel Zucman liefert die bisher überzeugendste Untersuchung der Steueroasen und die genaueste Auswertung der über sie verfügbaren Daten. Zugleich ist sein Buch das beste über die Möglichkeiten ihrer Bekämpfung. Und Zucman hat gute Nachrichten für uns: Europa kann sich zur Wehr setzen. Absolute Pflichtlektüre!« Thomas Piketty Die Weltfußballer Cristiano Ronaldo und Lionel Messi sind dabei, der Formel-1-Star Lewis Hamilton auch, genauso wie die Großkonzerne Apple und Nike: Veröffentlichungen wie die Panama Papers und die Paradise Papers belegen, in welchem Ausmaß Prominente und Unternehmen tricksen, um Steuern zu vermeiden. Inzwischen ist eine leidenschaftliche und moralisch hoch aufgeladene Debatte rund um die Themen Steuervermeidung und Steuerhinterziehung in Gang gekommen. Aus dem Blick gerät dabei häufig, wie die Netzwerke aus Briefkastenfirmen und Steueroasen funktionieren. Zudem war es bislang kaum möglich zu beziffern, wie viel Geld der Allgemeinheit auf diesem Weg verloren geht. Mithilfe eines innovativen Verfahrens ist Gabriel Zucman nun erstmals in der Lage, eine genaue Summe zu nennen. Zucman zeichnet die Geschichte der Steueroasen nach, bringt ans Licht, welche Manöver dabei ins Spiel kommen, und fällt ein vernichtendes Urteil über alle bisherigen Gegenmaßnahmen. Der Kampf gegen die Steuerhinterziehung kann laut Zucman aber durchaus gewonnen werden – wenn er auf der richtigen Ebene geführt wird und die Regierungen vor drastischen Lösungen nicht zurückschrecken.

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