wealth Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/wealth/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:57:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png wealth Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/wealth/ 32 32 Millionaires’ Exodus: Is Britain Driving Its Wealthy Away? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/22-10-millionaires-exodus-is-britain-driving-its-wealthy-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=22-10-millionaires-exodus-is-britain-driving-its-wealthy-away https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/22-10-millionaires-exodus-is-britain-driving-its-wealthy-away/#respond Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:47:02 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=36058 For centuries, Britain stood as a magnet for global wealth. London’s financial markets, trusted legal system, and cosmopolitan culture attracted the world’s wealthy, fueling investment, innovation, and growth. But that…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/22-10-millionaires-exodus-is-britain-driving-its-wealthy-away/feed/ 0 Do people really dislike wealth taxes more than other types of taxes? Evidence from a survey-experiment representative of the Italian population https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2023 06:25:23 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35021 WP 2023-03. Executive Summary We designed a Survey Experiment (SE) to study the attitudes of the Italians towards wealth, income and consumptions taxes. In particular, we interviewed a sample of…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/working-paper-series/article/do-people-really-dislike-wealth-taxes-more-than-other-types-of-taxes-evidence-from-a-survey-experiment-representative-of-the-italian-population/feed/ 0 Violence and Absurdity of French Anti-Wealth Ideologists https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/violence-and-absurdity-of-french-anti-wealth-ideologists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=violence-and-absurdity-of-french-anti-wealth-ideologists https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/violence-and-absurdity-of-french-anti-wealth-ideologists/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:08:44 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/violence-and-absurdity-of-french-anti-wealth-ideologists/ Attacks against wealthy people are still going on in spite of the fact the Welfare-State is plundering taxpayers. In a recently published book, sociologists – I should say ideologists – Michel and Monique Pionçon-Charlot are criticizing those they call "deliquents". No, wealthy people are not offenders or delinquent. They are above all those who create jobs.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/violence-and-absurdity-of-french-anti-wealth-ideologists/feed/ 0 What the Rich are Good For https://en.irefeurope.org/our-edited-publications/article/what-the-rich-are-good-for/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-the-rich-are-good-for https://en.irefeurope.org/our-edited-publications/article/what-the-rich-are-good-for/#respond Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:27:53 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/our-edited-publications/what-the-rich-are-good-for/ Advocates of redistribution often reckon that soaking the rich would eliminate poverty. Consider the following: the 10 largest fortunes in France amount to 14 per cent of GDP, or 272 billion euros. If we imagine a one-off redistribution of this wealth to the 8.2 officially poor, the sum awarded to each would be some 33,000 euros. Not bad, but certainly not enough to retire on.

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