{
  "id": 15340680,
  "title": "On the campaign trail with Gabriel Zucman, the economist who wants to tax California's billionaires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/on-the-campaign-trail-with-gabriel-zucman-the-economist-who-wants-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T03:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/10/18/on-the-campaign-trail-with-gabriel-zucman-the-economist-who-wants-to-tax-california-s-billionaires_6758722_117.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 39-year-old French-American Berkeley professor is campaigning to have voters approve, in a November 3 referendum, a measure that would temporarily impose a 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires living in the state. Some of his colleagues consider that his activism has begun to overshadow his scientific approach.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}