Why The Economist hates wealth taxes.

The intelligentsia are going all-in against wealth taxes. Are they just trying to mislead us, or do they have valid criticisms? Get TAX WEALTH NOT WORK t-shirt and stickers – shop.garyseconomics.org 00:00 Intro 00:55 Are we a meritocracy or an inheritocracy? 06:53 Inheritance tax vs wealth tax 12:27 Would it deter innovation? 18:52 Taxing the most productive people 21:07 The Economist’s integrity 22:21 What our intellectual elites think 25:40 Confused or misleading? 27:30 They are trying to distract you 28:42 Why journalists bat for billionaires 30:26 Message to the wealthy 34:47 Wealth taxes are NOT far-left 36:56 We need the intellectual classes 38:45 They are scared we’re going to WIN ––––––––––– JOIN OUR PATREON – patreon.com DONATE – buy.stripe.com JOIN GARY'S MAILING LIST – subscribepage.io GET THE TRADING GAME – penguin.co.uk ––––––––––– Follow Gary on other channels: LINKEDIN – linkedin.com SPOTIFY – open.spotify.com INSTAGRAM – @garyseconomics TIKTOK – @garyseconomics BLUESKY – bsky.app X – twitter.com FACEBOOK – @garyseconomics DISCORD – discord.gg WEBSITE – garyseconomics.org