CEP News: Mail and Guardian (South Africa): Governments and business must do more to combat Africa's biggest threat

Mail and Guardian (South Africa):
Governments and business must do more to combat Africa's biggest threat

16 May 2016

Recently Gabriel Zucman, of the London School of Economics, estimated that $7.6-trillion of global cross-border wealth is being held in tax havens. This figure includes only financial assets. If it also accounted for assets such as art, jewellery and property, it could be two or three times that amount.

This article was published by the Mail and Guardian (South Africa) on May 16, 2016
Link to article here

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

Mail and Guardian (South Africa):Governments and business must do more to combat Africa's biggest threat

Mail and Guardian (South Africa):
Governments and business must do more to combat Africa's biggest threat