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Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches

  • Written by Ray Madoff, Professor of Law, Boston College
Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their richesWho pays the most taxes?Javier Zayas Photography/Moment via Getty Images

Ray Madoff, a Boston College law professor, has written a new book: “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” She recently spoke to Kara Miller, host of the podcast “It Turns Out,” about how the American tax system has changed...

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