Why The Economist hates wealth taxes.

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• resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Because economists aren’t scientists — they’re propaganda for the rich.

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  lol I mean… it’s * The Economist*

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  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Servile Apologia for Your Wealthy Masters doesn’t have quite the same mass appeal as a title as The Economist does, does it?

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• FarraigePlaisteach@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I haven’t listened yet but I’m subscribed, so I will. Just to say that this guy is great. Gary Stephen’s.

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• shittydwarf@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Give you one guess

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think if a wealth tax was implemented, it wouldn’t change anything. Trump would spend the extra money on new wars and bigger monuments to himself.

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  • nialv7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    ah yes. make the government terrible so people hate the government. then use this distrust to dismantle the public sector and privatize everything.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s my point. It’s not the income that’s as much of a problem as the leadership.

      You need leaders willing to spend money on workers instead of owners.

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  • Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    To be fair, the longest journey starts with a single step.

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