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The Wealth Tax That Runs Out by Friday | IEA Podcast

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IEA podcast hosts Callum Price, Christian Niemitz, and new senior economist Dr. Valentin Bobok dissect a week of major UK economic policy speeches. They critique Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Mace Lecture for diagnosing planning and productivity failures correctly but prescribing an 'active state' inconsistently, discuss the government's 50% steel tariffs as a counterproductive protectionist move, skewer Zach Polanski's 'Zachonomics' wealth-tax-heavy speech as karaoke anti-Thatcherism riddled with internal contradictions, make the case for fiscal devolution with local income taxes, and close on how the planning system helps incumbent supermarkets block rivals.

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A hard-nosed look at taxes, growth, and the incentives that shape both.

This episode treats Britain's tax-and-growth argument as the main thread, moving from a wealth tax and local fiscal autonomy to planning rules, tariffs, and hiring costs.

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If a wealth tax sounds painless, this episode checks the bill fast.

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