Any serious policy agenda geared towards combating inequality and raising living standards for the vast majority must look to ultra-high earners in the top 0.1 percent, who wield disproportionate economic and political The Economic Policy Institute and the Institute for Policy Studies held a day-long conference on Taxing the (Very) Rich with tax policy experts, activists, advocates, organizers, and elected officials who made making the case for taxing the very rich—and debated how best to do Watch the playlist When: Tuesday, June 8:15 a.m.