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{content}How UC Berkeley Professors Campaign for Wealth Taxes
California voters are being told that Proposition 40 is a one-time levy on billionaires, but the economists who designed it have bigger plans.
California’s “Billionaire Tax” Will Backfire: The Case Against Prop 40
Discussion of the economic, legal, and policy implications of California’s proposed wealth tax (Prop 40) and what the measure could mean for the state’s future.
Wealth Taxes, Socialist Ideology, and Absent Economics
A review of Gabriel Zucman's We Need to Tax Billionaires (Basic Books, 2026).
The High Cost of California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax
Experts project the wealth tax could ultimately cost California $24.7 billion more than it raises.
Shall We Be A Socialist Paradise Like France?
Take a look at what France is actually like.
Will AI Destroy Humanity? There May Be a Bigger Threat
Artificial intelligence gets attention, but population decline and humanity’s destructive impulses may pose greater dangers.
Democrats Think They’re Voting for Sweden. DSA Is Offering Venezuela
It is no accident that every socialist experiment has led to dictatorship and political tyranny.
Proposed Wealth Tax Risks Destroying California’s Innovation Engine
Fortunes targeted by wealth taxes represent a thin slice of an enormous pie that mostly went to others.
The Inequality Crisis Myth Built on Bad Research
In this episode of Independent Conversations, Graham H. Walker is joined by Phillip W. Magness for a pointed discussion on inequality data, Thomas Piketty’s influential research, and the economic case behind California’s proposed wealth tax.
Flawed Research and Real Economic Damage
Examining California’s Proposed Billionaire Wealth Tax
