Tax Policy Center Hosts Virtual Conference Today On Wealth Taxation In Defense Of Equal Citizenship

The Tax Policy Center hosts a virtual conference on Wealth Taxation in Defense of Equal Citizenship today at 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EDT (registration):

Wealth inequality is often discussed in terms of its economic effects rather than its political implications. But money is a form of power, and the wealthy exert an outsized influence on politics. Wealth taxation has the potential, therefore, not only to reduce the concentration of economic power in America, but to strengthen democracy itself. On Monday, May 2, the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center will host an event considering wealth taxation as a tool of democratic reform. During the live event, viewers can submit questions via email to [email protected] or on Twitter using #WealthTax.

Speakers:

• Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Washington; Google Scholar) & Vanessa Williamson (Brookings Institution; Google Scholar), The Common Sense of a Wealth Tax: Thomas Paine & Taxation as Freedom from Aristocracy, 26 Fla. Tax Rev. ___ (2022)
• Rakeen Mabud (Groundwork Collaborative), How Taxation Fits Into a Broader Reconsideration of Economic Policy’s Political and Social Purposes
• Phyllis Taite (Oklahoma City), The Potential Effects of Wealth Taxation on the Racial Wealth Gap
• William G. Gale (Brookings Institution; Google Scholar) (moderator)