Tax burdens are at the highest level in living memory, yet public services are falling apart. That's why the rich should pay more tax, says our guest: economist and millionaire Gary Stevenson, a working-class kid who went from being expelled at school to becoming Citibank’s most successful trader. But would a wealth tax work?

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Guests:

- Lily Russell-Jones, senior money reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times.

- Gary Stevenson, economist, millionaire former trader and author of The Trading Game: A Confession.

Host: Luke Jones.

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