Sunday, March 3, 2019

Evasion: The politics of how the media report tax



A viral video brings taxes, inequality and media silence under the spotlight. Plus, the Chamorro family in Nicaragua.


How Rutger Bregman put tax reform back on the news agenda

Tax rates are one of those stories that TV producers would probably rather leave to print journalists or authors.
It's not visual, it's complicated; in short, it's not a sexy topic.
Until, a Dutch academic, Rutger Bregman, spoke at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos and made news by telling a room full of billionaires: "Want to fix the global economy? Then dig deeper. Pay up. Tax the rich."

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