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Top Economist Says Elon Musk Needs to 'Pay More Taxes,' Not Just Donate SpaceX Shares

A world-renowned economist said Monday that Elon Musk's pledge to donate a share of his company, SpaceX, to every American child is not nearly enough to redress the exploding wealth inequality that he personifies . Gabriel Zucman, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading inequality expert, wrote in a series of social media…

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