What would an HONEST debate about a wealth tax look like?

TV and radio discussion on wealth taxes usually get derailed by fear mongering and terrible statistics – often from people who are paid to defend the ultra rich. What would an honest debate about wealth inequality and taxing wealth actually look like? How to Get Filthy Rich: My Channel4 Documentary – https://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-get-filthy-rich-with-gary-stevenson/on-demand/78427-001 The Big Issue edition I edited – https://www.bigissue.com/behind-the-scenes/inside-the-big-issue-gary-says-wealth-tax/ My website that explains What is Wealth and Inequality – https://garyseconomics.org/introduction/ My interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy – https://youtu.be/0quhLtBXijM?si=tE20yal3QwySRgQC CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 03:33 How to discuss the wealth tax 05:04 What is wealth? 05:51 Is wealth inequality growing? 13:30 How does inequality affect the economy? 16:59 Should you care? 22:02 Why the media is so frustrating 24:28 Do we need a wealth tax? 26:03 Why some people dislike wealth taxes 28:14 How do you tax wealth more? 34:06 What are the real problems with wealth taxes? 36:35 We ALREADY value rich people’s assets 38:35 Wealth taxes bad for innovation? 39:40 It will take a long time to set up 40:18 If you tax them they will leave 43:11 Will foreign investment decline? 45:49 UPDATE What is next for me and this channel? ––––––––––– JOIN OUR PATREON – https://patreon.com/garyseconomics GET MERCH – https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ DONATE – https://buy.stripe.com/7sYbIUaRp2Pafv0cYCdjO01 JOIN GARY'S MAILING LIST – https://subscribepage.io/garyseconomics GET THE TRADING GAME – https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455809/the-trading-game-by-stevenson-gary/9781802062731 ––––––––––– Follow Gary on other channels: LINKEDIN – https://www.linkedin.com/company/garyseconomics SPOTIFY – https://open.spotify.com/show/2807p01KIe4RRFjRTB5o25 INSTAGRAM – https://www.instagram.com/garyseconomics TIKTOK – https://www.tiktok.com/@garyseconomics BLUESKY – https://bsky.app/profile/garyseconomics.bsky.social X – https://twitter.com/garyseconomics FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/garyseconomics DISCORD – https://discord.gg/vqME6WsPd7 WEBSITE – https://www.garyseconomics.org