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  "id": 11222297,
  "title": "Can a wealth tax actually solve our political and fiscal problems? The math says no.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/can-a-wealth-tax-actually-solve-our-political-and-fiscal-problems-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/6118919-forbes-400-wealth-tax-rebuttal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, among others, have advocated for wealth taxation as a way to reduce political power resulting from wealth concentration and raise substantial revenue. Here's why that won't work.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}