Does the financial crisis create opportunities for wealth taxation?

The economic recession has slowed efforts to weaken inheritance taxation in the UK. Political debates about cuts in government spending mean that cutting inheritance taxation is not seen as a priority. However, can present conditions create a positive case for wealth taxes? This chapter examines the ways that the recession might provide arguments for wealth taxation. A house price bubble is usually seen as one of the root causes of the crisis. This might support arguments about a form of land tax. Wealth taxes might also fit into a rethinking of economic policy