To recover from the crisis, tax the wealth of multimillionaires like me


By Djaffar Shalchi, Entrepreneur and Founder of Millionaires for Humanity, a network of wealthy people who advocate for raising taxes on wealthy people


As the world reels from the COVID-19 crisis, countries desperately need to finance health for all, the economic recovery, and poverty reduction. And as the world grapples with the social tensions generated by rising inequality, countries desperately need to find a way to rebuild social cohesion. The great news for 2022 is that there is a way: tax the wealth of multimillionaires to help fund the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

I know – because I am one of the multimillionaires who would have to pay a wealth tax.

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