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The Trouble With This Popular Progressive Idea
Forget California’s billionaire wealth tax. The economist Natasha Sarin believes there are better ways to make billionaires pay up.
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California Is Voting on the Wrong Wealth Tax
If you’re worked up about what billionaires pay, wait till you hear about the millionaires.
How Billionaires Are Fighting the Prop 40 California Wealth Tax
The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.
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How Billionaires Are Fighting the Prop 40 California Wealth Tax
The latest Silicon Valley billionaire club is a $333 million political ad machine that is heavily engaged in next week’s elections.
© Ben Jones
Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage
After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.
Protesters amid tear gas near Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux, western France, on Saturday.
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Looting Left Damage and Fear on Paradise Street in Marseille
Looters ravaged a storied commercial avenue in France’s second-largest city. Its merchants fear that more unrest could follow.
Damaged stores after rioting this month on Paradise Street in Marseille, France.
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