The Triumph of Injustice, Gabriel Zucman
The Triumph of Injustice, Gabriel Zucman
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The Triumph of Injustice
How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay

Author: Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez

Narrator: Steve Menasche

Unabridged: 7 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2019


Synopsis

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

Even as they became fabulously wealthy, the ultra-rich have seen their taxes collapse to levels last seen in the 1920s. Meanwhile, working-class Americans have been asked to pay more. The Triumph of Injustice presents a forensic investigation into this dramatic transformation, written by two economists who revolutionized the study of inequality. Eschewing anecdotes and case studies, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman offer a comprehensive view of America's tax system, based on new statistics covering all taxes paid at all levels of government. Their conclusion? For the first time in more than a century, billionaires now pay lower tax rates than their secretaries.

Blending history and cutting-edge economic analysis, and writing in lively and jargon-free prose, Saez and Zucman dissect the deliberate choices (and sins of indecision) that have brought us to today: the gradual exemption of capital owners; the surge of a new tax avoidance industry; and the spiral of tax competition among nations. With clarity and concision, they explain how America turned away from the most progressive tax system in history to embrace policies that only serve to compound the wealth of a few.

About Gabriel Zucman

Gabriel Zucman is professor of economics and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His research analyzes the accumulation and distribution of wealth through global and historical perspectives. He received his PhD in economics from the Paris School of Economics in 2013. He was awarded the Bernacer Prize in 2018 and a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2019. He is the author of The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens, which has been translated into eighteen languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wick

Let's stop protecting the mega rich. Saez does a remarkable job in The Triumph of Injustice in teaching about the current tax code, putting it into context, and explaining the ramifications and significance of the US tax system. The bottom line is that while the US federal income tax appears progress......more

Goodreads review by Richard

I already know too much about taxes and tax avoidance schemes to have found most of the historical and background material to be very informative. I work on a lot of deals where an essential part of the deal structuring is to ensure tax efficiency. Sometimes this is picking a structure designed to p......more

Goodreads review by Marks54

This is an outstanding book and a must read for anyone interested in inequality and options for what to do about it. The authors are economics professors at Berkeley and both work with Thomas Piketty. I had heard from various sources about this work and that it is the best work around right now linki......more