History’s lesson for taxing wealth today Sacha DrayCamille LandaisStefanie Stantcheva August 25, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/history-s-lesson-for-taxing-wealth-today U.S. property tax records spanning more than a century show how governments once measured and taxed wealth at scale—and how gaps between assessed and market values ultimately undermined the system.