Trumponomics

Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires?

July 23, 2026·23 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

As wealth becomes increasingly concentrated — and artificial intelligence threatens to shift even more income from workers to investors — has the US tax system become outdated? Stephanie Flanders speaks with Harvard professor Jason Furman, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, and Bloomberg reporter Caitlin Reilly about wealth taxes, capital gains, inheritance and whether taxing America's richest is politically or constitutionally possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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