Wealth tax supporters
Wealth tax supporters in Lebanon
9 public figures and organisations in Lebanon have backed a wealth tax on the record, found so far, with 10 sourced statements. 4 with an explicit statement, vote or law (grade A), 1 named support (B) and 4 implied support (C).
What they back
- One-off wealth levy: 4
- A wealth tax, design open: 3
- Annual net wealth tax: 2
Who they are
3 economist, 2 politician, 2 legal_tax_professional, 1 party, 1 international_body.
The strongest evidence
- Lydia Assouad: Economist; former El-Erian fellow, Carnegie Middle East Center; World Inequality Lab (grade A, 2 statements)
- Ghassan Dibeh: Professor of economics, Lebanese American University (grade A, 1 statement)
- Lebanese Communist Party: Left party; 2022 parliamentary election programme (grade A, 1 statement)
- Taymour Joumblatt: Member of Parliament for Chouf; leader of the Progressive Socialist Party and its Democratic Gathering bloc (grade A, 1 statement)
- Walid Joumblatt: Druze leader; member of Parliament and head of the Democratic Gathering bloc in 2017; former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party (grade B, 1 statement)
- Alain Bifani: Former Director General of Finance, Ministry of Finance of Lebanon (grade C, 1 statement)
- Ishac Diwan: Economist; professor at the Ecole normale superieure, Paris (grade C, 1 statement)
- Karim Daher: Tax adviser and lawyer; senior fellow, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (grade C, 1 statement)
- UN ESCWA (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia): UN regional commission, Beirut (grade C, 1 statement)