The Triumph of injustice - How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman
(WW Norton, 2019) 232 pages
The enormous social inequalities of today have not arisen accidentally. Neither have our democracies been captured by oligarchs accidentally. They have both come about because politicians bought by these oligarchs have changed the tax system and have enabled offshore tax havens to help the rich grow super rich and capture democracy. We can go back to suppressing these super rich oligarchs by reinstalling the right kind of tax system and by acting against tax havens. And yes, states do have the capacity to do this.