The billionaire tax – a (modest) proposal for the 21st century

As recent projections warn that we’re off-track to reduce inequality for the 2030 deadline of the Sustainable Development Goals, the pressing need for equitable tax systems takes center stage at the 28th WIDER Annual Lecture on 4 September 2024. Esteemed economist Gabriel Zucman examines how disparities of current tax structures guarantee this inequality is persistent due to advantages enjoyed by the ultra-wealthy.

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WIDER Seminar Series

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Conference
LDC Future Forum 2024 logo search image Enhancing Resilience – LDC Future Forum
Tue, 1 April 2025 09:00 – Thu, 3 April 2025 17:00
Lusaka, Zambia
Amina Ebrahim presents research at the University of Michigan-Dearborn

On 4 December 2024, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Amina Ebrahim presents groundbreaking research from the Tax research for development project at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.This research, part of UNU-WIDER’s Domestic Revenue Mobilization...

Wed, 4 December 2024 15:30 – Wed, 4 December 2024 16:30
University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2048 CB, 4901 Evergreen Road, 48128, Dearborn, Michigan , United States
Panel discussion
Leveraging Personal Income Taxation for Sustainable Development - Side event at the Second Preparatory Committee Session of the Financing for Development Conference
Tue, 3 December 2024 11:30
UN Headquarters , New York , United States
Panel discussion
UNU-WIDER at the Academic Day of the Financing for Development’s Second Preparatory Committee Session
Mon, 2 December 2024 10:00
United Nations Headquarters, New York , United States
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Policy seminar
electricity poles Powering economic recovery: Lessons from South Africa’s electricity crisis
Fri, 29 November 2024 13:00 – Fri, 29 November 2024 15:00
Origins Centre, University of the Witwatersrand , Corner of Yale Road and Enoch Sontonga Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Project workshop
Climate change, inequality, and environmental tax policies

UNU-WIDER convenes a group of researchers and experts to review work in progress and chart a path forward on global research into climate change and inequality in Global South countries. The one-day workshop aims to unite research agendas on the...

Thu, 21 November 2024 08:45 – Thu, 21 November 2024 16:30
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Presentation
Kwabena Adu-Ababio's doctoral defense featuring SOUTHMOD research

UNU-WIDER Research Associate Kwabena Adu-Ababio defends his doctoral thesis on 13 September 2024. His dissertation, titled 'Essays on Social Assistance and Tax Administration in Selected Developing Economies', explores critical issues in tax policy...

Helsinki, Finland
Webinar
UNU-WIDER at UN Behavioural Science Week

On 15 June 2023, UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen joins the UN Behavioural Science Week session on Emerging Areas of Behavioural Science Application the UN.

Thu, 15 June 2023 17:00
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Seminar
Kunal Sen presents on the good job challenge at IER-Hitotsubashi

On 1 June 2023, UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen attends IER-Hitotsubashi University to present in the Economic Development Workshop in the Center for Economic Institutions.

Thu, 1 June 2023 14:00
Hitotsubashi University , Kunitachi, Japan
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