French-American economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Director of the Center for Equitable Growth at UC Berkeley. Recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal in 2009 and a MacArthur Fellow. Best known for research on income and wealth inequality with collaborators including Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman.
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Emmanuel Saez
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SensibleScience-based
On the issues 3
Public positions Emmanuel Saez has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Capital gains taxation"Supports higher capital gains taxes and equal treatment with ordinary income"
- Corporate tax rate"Supports higher corporate taxation and stronger enforcement against tax avoidance"
- Wealth tax"Prominent academic advocate for a progressive wealth tax on ultra-high-net-worth households"
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editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.