"If you tax the rich, they will leave for Switzerland." This economic mantra has been used as a justification for cutting taxes for the wealthy over the past 50 years. But are we really doomed to face tax exile from the rich as soon as we tax them? And even so, should we care?

Join a lively discussion on these issues between Ron Davies, Ireland's leading specialist on tax havens, and renowned economist Gabriel Zucman, who just led the publication of a groundbreaking analysis of the dynamics of tax evasion and how to face it.

There will be room for questions from tha audience in the dialogue part at the end.

Introduction by Annette Alstadsæter

Moderator: Ron Davies

Gabriel Zucman is a french economist. He is an associate professor of public policy and economics at the University of California. Zucman is known for his research on tax havens, and is the author of the internationally acclaimed book The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens (2015)

Ron Davies is Professor of Economics at the University College Dublin. Davies has a particular focus on the on tax and trade policies that affect globalization. He has done a Ted Talk on "The true trouble of tax trickery"

Annette Alstadsæter is Director of Skatteforsk – Centre for tax research