Should Billionaires Pay More Taxes?
A debate on whether billionaires should pay more taxes featured Yale Law School professor Natasha Sarin and Cato Institute's Adam Michel. Sarin argued in favor of the resolution, while Michel opposed it. The discussion was moderated by Gene Epstein from the Soho Forum.
- ▪Natasha Sarin is a law professor at Yale and co-founder of the Budget Lab.
- ▪Adam Michel is the director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute.
- ▪The debate was moderated by Gene Epstein from the Soho Forum.
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Taxes Should Billionaires Pay More Taxes? Law professor Natasha Sarin debates the Cato Institute's Adam Michel. Gene Epstein | 5.22.2026 11:25 AM Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests <img src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/c800x450-w800-q80/uploads/2026/05/Billionare-Debate-Soho-Forum-800x450.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto" width="1200" height="675" title="Law professor Natasha Sarin on the right, Cato Institute's Adam Michel on the left, a hand resting on a stack of money in the background with the words "More Taxes?" across the image and the Reason Debates and The Soho Forum logos in the lower left corner." alt="Law professor Natasha Sarin on…
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