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Berkeley Talks: Economist Gabriel Zucman on the benefits of a (modest) billionaire tax

A global minimum tax of 2% on billionaires would not only generate substantial revenue for governments worldwide, he says, but would also restore a sense of fairness.

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Berkeley Talks: Ezra Klein on building the things we need for the future we want (revisiting)

rows of packaged junk food in a grocery store

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Berkeley Talks: How the tobacco industry drove the rise of ultra-processed foods

Tony Reames next to the cover of a book he co-edited called

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Berkeley Talks: Energy justice expert on his pursuit for affordable and clean energy for all

black-and-white photograph of women in traditional dress from East Asia walk across a bridge toward Angel Island in the early 1900s

Matrix Podcast: 150 years of border control

Two people wearing caps and gowns stand together and smile amidst a crowd of other graduates.

Perplexity co-founder and Berkeley alum urges graduates to ‘think about humanity’

Daniel Handler and Chanan Tigay talk on stage at an event for the Magnes' inaugural Jewish Arts & Bookfest

Berkeley Talks: Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) on reading the authors you want to write like

Priyanka D’Souza, pictured sitting on one of the wheeled stools installed as part of her MFA exhibition, before various works created for the exhibition mounted on a shelf viewable at seated height.

This Berkeley MFA exhibition probes how museums and institutions exclude disabled bodies

Berkeley Talks: In 1970, one in five Americans moved every year. Now it’s one in 13. What changed?

two images side by side: on the left, the cover of the book Open Socrates and on the right, Judith Butler and Agnes Callard in a conversation

Berkeley Talks: The case for a philosophical life, with Agnes Callard and Judith Butler

Berkeley Talks: J Finley on how Black women use sass to claim their humanity

Alex Filippenko and Pat Joseph talk onstage

The Edge: Life, the universe and everything with Berkeley astrophysicist Alex Filippenko

Heather Cox Richardson and Dylan Penningroth speak on stage

Berkeley Talks: Heather Cox Richardson on the evolution of the Republican Party and what gives her hope for America

a doctor writes in a notebook while she examines medicine held in the other hand

Berkeley Talks: The transformation of US medical debt collection

This BAMPFA documentary series explores the unseen side of climate change

University Librarian Suzanne Wones (left) and UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons talk onstage in front of an audience of 260-plus guests at this year’s Luncheon in the Library.

‘A lifelong love affair with ideas’: Chancellor Lyons shares his passion for Berkeley at annual Library luncheon

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