A Dutch historian who savaged the Davos elite

“It’s been a crazy week and just for stating the obvious,” said Bregman, when asked about a panel discussion at the WEF last month in which he said the issue was “taxes, taxes, taxes, and all the rest is bullshit in my opinion”. As a result, Bregman decided to change his plan for a panel on inequality organised by Time magazine on the final morning of Davos. As a historian, Bregman noted the most successful period for capitalism occurred in the years after the second world war, when the top rate of tax in the US was above 90%.

Source: www.theguardian.com