Behind the News: Grace Blakeley and Emmanuel Saez
Grace Blakeley, author of Stolen, on where financialized capitalism came from and how we could get out of it. Then, economist Emmanuel Saez, co-author of The Triumph of Injustice, on how the rich got richer while paying less of their income in taxes th...
November 7, 2019
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November 7, 2019
Behind the News: Grace Blakeley and Emmanuel Saez
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Behind the News: Grace Blakeley and Emmanuel Saez
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<a href="https://twitter.com/graceblakeley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener nofollow">Grace Blakeley</a><span>, author of </span><em><a href="https://repeaterbooks.com/product/stolen-how-to-save-the-world-from-financialisation/" rel="noopener nofollow">Stolen</a>, </em><span>on where financialized capitalism came from and how we could get out of it. Then, economist </span><a href="https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/" rel="noopener nofollow">Emmanuel Saez</a><span>, co-author of </span><em><a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/the-triumph-of-injustice" rel="noopener nofollow">The Triumph of Injustice</a>, </em><span>on how the rich got richer while paying less of their income in taxes than the working class (Tax Justice website </span><a href="https://taxjusticenow.org/#/" rel="noopener nofollow">here</a><span>).</span>
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