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POLITICS● LOW1h ago · Oct 18, 2026, 3:00 AM

On the campaign trail with Gabriel Zucman, the economist who wants to tax California's billionaires

Le Monde [en] · north america

The 39-year-old French-American Berkeley professor is campaigning to have voters approve, in a November 3 referendum, a measure that would temporarily impose a 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires living in the state. Some of his colleagues consider that his activism has begun to overshadow his scientific approach.

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