Would the World Change If We Taxed the Super Rich? - SystemShift Podcast S3: Episode 1

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In SystemShift’s season three premiere, Greenpeace and Chenai Mukumba, Executive Director of Tax Justice Network Africa, will discuss the question: “Would the World Change If We Taxed the Super-Rich”? We’ll be looking at taxes, and how wealth tax could drive significant social and environmental change, funding climate adaptation practices while addressing economic inequality. 03:18 - People’s opinions 05:00 - Welcoming our guest, Chenai Mukumba 06:30 - What exactly is a wealth tax? How does it work? How can it redistribute resources? 08:20 - Differences between wealth, income, and inheritance taxes 11:35 - Would taxing the rich threaten their investments? 13:57 - National decisions, a global issue 15:25 - Ensuring resources raised from wealth taxes in wealthy Nations reach the most vulnerable countries and communities 17:31 - The tax initiative that African countries are leading in the UN 21:24 - The role of wealth tax on corporations 23:00 - How would this new tax treaty help us tackle tax avoidance? 25:04 - How should this tax money be best used or implemented? 26:38 - How would Global North countries benefit from the UN Tax Convention? 28:54 - What’s our role as individuals? why should we care about the tax system? 30:58 - How would a tax reform shift the extractivist economic system? 32:54 - Co-hosts reflections and final takeaways 45:39 - What can you do? What can you do? These are some concrete steps you can take to support the #TaxTheSuperRich demand: Support the UN Tax Convention by signing the 'Wellbeing for All' petition, so that the decisions on global taxes are not made by a small group of rich countries. Learn more about global tax rules. You can start by reading this blog post. #SystemShift
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