Wealth tax predicted as anger over inequality ‘reaches boiling point’

By New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 16, 2020

Rising public anger about growing inequality is likely to force the imposition of a capital gains or wealth tax in the next few years, according to the chief economist of Westpac.

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