Why a Wealth Tax Is a Good Idea for India

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Description: In conversation with economist Lucas Chancel about the World Inequality Report 2026.

In conversation with economist Lucas Chancel about the World Inequality Report 2026.

Jahnavi Sen

In conversation with economist Lucas Chancel about the World Inequality Report 2026.

The World Inequality Report 2026 has highlighted the extreme and rising levels of wealth concentration in today’s world. This inequality, the report points out, is not a natural state of affairs but a political choice. Jahnavi Sen speaks to economist Lucas Chancel, one of the co-authors of the report and Co-Director of the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics, about the way things stand today and how they could be different.

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