In a dramatically unequal society, a one-off wealth tax provides a clear and decisive route to balancing the Treasury’s books
Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Imagesven before the coronavirus pandemic struck, the divisions between the super-rich and the rest of society were growing increasingly extreme. But as the virus infects the world economy, plunging millions into unemployment and pushing finances to breaking point, those divisions are set to get worse.
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