Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires
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And she called for the money to be sent directly to the world's most climate-vulnerable people.
    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      171·
      7 months ago

      You and I just did. That’s a starting point. It takes moving from there to actively pressuring politicians and electing favorable officials to make things change.

      • thefartographer@lemm.ee
        102·
        7 months ago

        I genuinely think the actual number of billionaires we’d have to eat is probably low single-digits for people to start taking our message more seriously.

        • Sonori@beehaw.org
          31·
          7 months ago

          There are only what, 400 or so? Low single digits would still be a notable portion of the population.

          • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
            4·
            7 months ago

            There’s a well-publicised list of the 400 wealthiest. The least-rich on that list has about US$2.9 billion in assets.