Zucman Tax: When Le Parisien lectures the Nobel Prize winners in Economics

Too strong. Editor-in-chief of Le Parisien , owned by Bernard Arnault and soon, perhaps, by Vincent Bolloré, Nicolas Charbonneau is committed. Back from the Fête de l'Humanité and his debate with Fabien Gay , Medef president Patrick Martin is on the front page of the Sunday edition: "Tax increases, the boss of bosses says no." Fine. But in his editorial, it is Nicolas Charbonneau, therefore, who is doing the serving.

France, he writes, "has always been fascinated by the mirage of taxes" and today by the Zucman tax , "but basically, it is mostly about ideology or demagogy and these days there is no shortage of that." Because "no serious economist can deny that the multiplication of these taxes would have rapid mechanical effects."

A cascade of events: an end to hiring, investment, a halt to growth, etc. Yet, as one might imagine, he is well-informed, but he seems unaware that, when it comes to serious matters, seven Nobel Prize winners in economics, including Frenchwoman Esther Duflo, support the Zucman tax. But no matter. Nicolas Charbonneau is too strong. Really too strong.