Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence.

The U.S. is the country that invented progressive taxation of income and of inherited wealth in the 1910s and 20s.

At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.

It's not Utopian to believe that we can create a global registry of financial assets so we know who owns what in different countries.

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.

Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.

We know too little about global wealth dynamics, so we need international transmission of bank information.