Gabriel Zucman

Gabriel Zucman is an Associate Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley. They co-authored the recent book The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay.

Research

The Challenge of Combating International Profit Shifting

Tax policy reform in Chile, aimed at reducing corporate profit shifting schemes, did not accomplish its intended effects. Instead, the impact was...

Antitrust and Competition

Keeping Business Alive During the Coronavirus Crisis: Government as Buyer of Last Resort

The government has to compensate businesses and workers for their losses so that each business can re-emerge almost intact after the hibernation due to...

Money in Politics

Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren: The Real Impact of Democratic Candidates' Tax Plans

According to UC Berkeley economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, all of the Democratic candidates' plans increase tax rates on the rich but to...

Latest news

Monetary Policy

How Many Banks Are at Risk of Insolvency Right Now?

Amit Seru, Erica Xuewei Jiang, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski

Given the recent banking turmoil and failure of SVB and Signature and issues in First Republic, it is important to understand the...

Misinformation

The Challenges of Regulating Disinformation

Federico Vaccari

In response to rising concerns about political disinformation, governments have introduced a slew of interventions. Federico Vaccari warns in new research that...

Development

India’s Evolving Industrial Policy Is Critical for Realizing Its Development Vision

Nagesh Kumar

Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...

Big Tech

Can Twitter Be a Force for Good? Social Media Helps Curb Corporate Misconduct

Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli

Collective shaming on social media is crucial in reducing corporate misbehavior — and society would be significantly worse off without watchdog platforms.

Populism

The Historical Cost of Populism

Moritz Schularick, Christoph Trebesch, Manuel Funke

Most work on populism has investigated the reasons why voters choose populist leaders and governments. In new research, Moritz Schularick, Christoph Trebesch,...

Globalization

Globalization’s Uneven Impact on Women’s Occupational Attainment

Yoav Roll, Moshe Semyonov, Hadas Mandel

The literature on globalization’s impact on women’s workforce participation generally takes a positive outlook but still produces mixed results. In their research,...

Interviews

Nobel Laureate Douglas Diamond on How the Fed Could Have Prevented SVB’s Collapse

Brooke Fox

Nobel Laureate and bank run expert Douglas Diamond argues that the Fed’s choice to signal long-term low interest rates, and then suddenly...

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