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Are Wealth Taxes the Best Way to Tax the Ultra Rich? (nytimes.com)
6 points by marojejian 3 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments




posted with a gift link, but here it is in case the link gets changed: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/business/economy/wealth-t...

Calling it "the best" is assuredly shortsighted. One only has to go back a little while in history to find very effective ways to tax the ultra rich. The one big caveat is that choosing one of these ways require a bit of historical perspective, which we assuredly lack.



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