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Julian Limberg
@julianlimberg.bsky.social
Political economist at King's College London. Working on taxation, inequality, and climate policy. He/him.
Fully agree! We have a current working paper where we find exactly this - informing respondents that the superrich pay lower total tax rates than other people lowers support for taxing the middle class.
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Fantastisch - herzlichen Glueckwunsch, Theresa!
September 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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(3) "Revenue, Redistribution, and the Rise and Fall of Inheritance Taxation" by Philipp Genschel, Julian Limberg, and Laura Seelkopf

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July 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh no, not Waka Flocka 😢 But then again, he hasn't done much since Flockaveli anyways. Would add K Dot to the list - that Super Bowl Halftime show was more than a subliminal at MAGA.
June 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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3️⃣ David Hope and @julianlimberg.bsky.social find that in OECD countries, the rise of the knowledge economy has led to lower taxation of the rich.
The knowledge economy and taxes on the rich
What drives taxes on the rich? In this article, we claim that the existing empirical literature on taxing the rich suffers from two key shortcomings: 1) It pays too little attention to the major st...
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April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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4️⃣ David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social & Nina Weber suggest that the rise of ICT-driven economies may have slowed demands for progressive taxation.
The ICT revolution and preferences for taxing top earners
How has the ICT-driven transformation of labour markets in recent decades affected redistributive preferences? We move beyond existing research by focusing on the ‘winners’ of the ICT revolution an...
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March 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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The election proved the narrative wrong. For the Linke the election was a huge success while BSW failed to make it above the 5%-threshold. The Linke managed to win young progressives especially in cities. Ironically, this would probably not have been possbile had Wagenkencht stayed in the party
February 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM