Bernard Arnault riles French left with attack on economist behind wealth tax plan
- Posted on September 21, 2025
- By Le Monde
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Bernard Arnault riles French left with attack on economist behind wealth tax plan
France's richest man described Gabriel Zucman, the academic behind a plan to have the ultra-rich pay at least a 2% tax on their fortune, as a 'far-left activist' who wanted to 'destroy the French economy.'