The Week Explained: Taxing the rich

Have you been worrying over how much the rich have to pay in taxes? Did you experience a warm glow of relief on learning that the French actor Gerard Depardieu has escaped his tax liabilities as a French citizen by acquiring a shiny new Russian passport? No, I thought not.

Yet the debate about how much the rich should pay has dominated the proceedings of American policymakers in recent weeks and looms large in the political agenda of a number of countries.

via Business feed http://www.scmp.com/business/money/money-news/article/1125610/week-explained-taxing-rich