Expert Comment: A property wealth tax is now politically feasible

Published on August 21, 2025

John Muellbauer, Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, and Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford, proposes a two-part solution to the fairer taxation of property in the UK.
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