There have been renewed calls for a wealth tax recently as a means of narrowing budget deficits. However, experience suggests that most countries would struggle to raise more than around 0.1% of GDP from such a tax. Moreover, the countries which are most in need of additional revenue, such as the UK and France, are among those for which it will be difficult to implement.
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