A Just and Sustainable world!

We need a new tax –  a progressive wealth tax – to strengthen the social contract and reduce rampant inequality. Campaigns like Millionaires for Humanity are key to enabling this change. 

For the world to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, we’ll need quality universal services and fair taxation. This will require a greater contribution from the people who have prospered the most. It’s a powerful message when even some of the wealthiest people are speaking out, supporting the call for people like them to pay more. 

We are seeing some of the richest men and women in the world saying that they are not paying enough taxes – that it is totally unfair. So, some people are understanding that this is becoming dangerous for everyone, that inequality brings instability which is dangerous to everyone.  

To get out of this crisis we have to break from old orthodoxies. We need to invest in dynamic public services and, as part of that, the wealth of the richest people can no longer be left untaxed. When even millionaires recognise that wealth taxes are needed, and speak out publicly, it makes clear how broad is the movement for a more just and balanced economy, and that the moment is now.

Inequality is one of the challenges of our time. Case after case shows extreme inequality hurts economies, weakens democracies and destabilises societies. Millionaires for Humanity’s commitment to more just societies, and its call for a new wealth tax is showing us all how to get away from the spiral of inequality and insecurity, and move towards solidarity, justice, shared prosperity and a new world. In the post-COVID world, their agenda is more important than ever.