Open letter to G20, stop extreme wealth
New international agreement on wealth taxes requested
05 September, 17:31
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, SEP 5 - In an open letter to the G20,
nearly 300 millionaires, economists, and political leaders from
nearly all G20 countries called for a new international
agreement on wealth taxes to "prevent extreme wealth from
corroding our collective future." It claims that people all over
the world are "desperate for change."
Signatories include Disney heiress and philanthropist Abigail
Disney, ex-leaders of Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic, and
Bulgaria, US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders, US
Representative Brendan Boyle, former and current European
parliamentarians such as Aurore Lalucq, artists Brian Eno and
Richard Curtis, and economists such as Gabriel Zucman, Jayati
Ghosh, Kate Raworth, Jason Hickel (ANSA).