Spreading it around: a new look at redistribution and tax

Spreading it around: a new look at redistribution and tax

Author: LSE Film and Audio Team November 13, 2025 Duration: 1:26:49
In this panel discussion, anthropologists working on redistribution and tax will present the findings of—and interrogate each other on—two recent books.

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