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Thomas Piketty Talks Wealth Taxes

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International Rollout, Growth Concerns, and Market Effects

Piketty recommends high-threshold 2% taxes (UK and beyond), recalls his earlier world-wealth-tax ideas, argues deconcentrated wealth boosts investment, downplays short-term market panic, and says lower asset prices could improve middle-class housing access.

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