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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papers and calculator on table SA-TIED Seminar Series: Exploring options to deepen and broaden the personal income tax base in South Africa
Thu, 11 July 2024
Online - Zoom, Pretoria, South Africa
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Julien Wolfersberger on Climate immobility in sub-Saharan Africa
Wed, 12 June 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Alexandra Hartmann on Empowerment on the move? An experiment in supporting forcibly displaced people in Greece
Tue, 4 June 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Nagesh Kumar on Manufacturing and India’s green transition: challenges, opportunities and policies
Wed, 22 May 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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The world at crossroads – securing the future generations The world at crossroads – securing the future generations
Tue, 14 May 2024 – Thu, 16 May 2024
Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence, Avenida Marginal 141, 9999, Maputo, Mozambique
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Bruno Martorano on Social movements and preferences for redistribution
Tue, 30 April 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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young boy in a market SA-TIED Seminar Series: Proposal for the extension, redesign, and repurposing of the SRD grant, with a focus on poverty and unemployment reduction.
Tue, 30 April 2024
Online, South Africa
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Nicole Hassoun on Measuring population health: avoiding discrimination
Thu, 11 April 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Andrea Vaccaro on how (the lack of) state experience shapes today’s fragile states
Wed, 20 March 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Man working, Zambia, search image. Image: Jean Mandela / UNU-WIDER LDC5 Monitor – Defining its scope and uses
Thu, 7 March 2024
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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LDC Future Forum 2024 logo search image Innovation for structural transformation in Least Developed Countries – LDC Future Forum
Tue, 5 March 2024 – Thu, 7 March 2024
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Kunal Sen on Varieties of Structural Transformation – SOAS Seminar series

Kunal Sen joins the SOAS Economics Seminar Series to present insights from the book Varieties of Structural Transformation.One of the key features of modern economic growth is the process of structural transformation, which is the movement of workers...

Thu, 29 February 2024
SOAS, University of London main building, RB01, 10 Thornhaugh St, London, United Kingdom
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Nadine Riedel on the effectiveness of countermeasures against multinational tax avoidance
Wed, 29 November 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Gabriela Zapata Román on The motherhood effect on women's labour trajectories: preliminary results
Wed, 15 November 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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SA-TIED's presence at the Inequality, Work, and Nature Conference

SA-TIED representatives recently participated in the Inequality, Work, and Nature Conference, held on 8 and 9 November 2023. This collaborative effort, led by The Presidency, The EU, and the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research at the...

Wed, 8 November 2023 – Thu, 9 November 2023
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, Cape Town, South Africa
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Agricultural development in Mozambique: trends, challenges and opportunities

The importance of the agricultural sector in the Mozambican economy, its potential to help move people out of poverty, and its vulnerability to the effects of weather shocks and climate change, place it among key policy areas in the country. However...

Wed, 8 November 2023
Maputo, Mozambique
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