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From "Trumponomics": Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires?

· 24 min

Episode From "Trumponomics": Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires?

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As wealth becomes increasingly concentrated — and artificial intelligence threatens to shift even more income from workers to investors — has the US tax system become outdated? Stephanie Flanders speaks with Harvard professor Jason Furman, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, and Bloomberg reporter Caitlin Reilly about wealth taxes, capital gains, inheritance and whether taxing America's richest is politically or constitutionally possible.

Hear more from Trumponomics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trumponomics/id1038108799

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