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The Gazette (Blackpool):
Politically correct by Ken Cridland

19 April 2016

The Panama Papers have helped expose just how big the problems of offshore tax havens are. Professor Gabriel Zucman, from the London School of Economics, had already estimated the amount of offshore money by measuring discrepancies between global financial assets and liabilities. He came up with about seven trillion dollars. That treasure trove is about eight per cent of all global wealth.

This article was published online by the Blackpool Gazette on April 19, 2016
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Related publications
Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, PEP Paper No.26, August 2015
Inequality: Are we really 'all in this together'?, Gabriel Zucman, Centre for Economic Performance Election Analysis No.30, April 2015

Related links
Gabriel Zucman webpage
Growth Programme webpage

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