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title: "Economist Gabriel Zucman endorses BC Greens wealth tax plan"
description: "The BC Green Party says Dr. Gabriel Zucman, a UC Berkeley professor who studies tax evasion, has endorsed the party's Fair Share Act, which proposes a tax on high-net-worth individuals."
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last_updated: "2026-10-18T23:24:08.063Z"
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The BC Green Party says Dr. Gabriel Zucman endorsed the party's Fair Share Act on October 17, 2026. Zucman is described by the party as an economist and professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure and the University of California, Berkeley.

The party published a press release on its website quoting Zucman in support of the proposal. The Fair Share Act is the BC Greens' plan to place a tax on high-net-worth individuals in British Columbia. The party has described it as a wealth tax.

In the quote published by the party, Zucman described the proposal as an appropriate response to a structural problem in how wealthy people are taxed. "The rise of extreme wealth is one of the defining evolutions of our time," he said, according to the party's release. "One might think that with enormous wealth come enormous tax payments, but this is not the case today: the super-rich pay much less tax than the rest of the population."

He added, in the same release: "The most effective way to address this issue is with a wealth tax." The party's release quoted him saying the proposal is an excellent one for British Columbia, and that the real change from the status quo would be leaving things as they are, allowing the super-rich to live tax free.

The BC Green Party says Zucman is the author of two books on taxation: *The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens* and *The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay*. These are the party's characterizations of his credentials, published in the press release.

The Fair Share Act has been a central element of the BC Greens' campaign platform. The party has published documents describing the proposal on its website. All figures and details of the plan are the party's own claims.

The party's press release carried no response from the BC NDP or the Conservative Party of BC.

Voters who want to review the BC Greens' platform can visit the party's page at [/bc/provincial-2026/parties/bc-green-party](/bc/provincial-2026/parties/bc-green-party). Advance voting for the October 24 provincial election is open until October 21 at locations listed on the Elections BC website at elections.bc.ca.

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