Historian who confronted Davos elite says higher taxes for super-rich is 'just common sense'

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Historian who confronted Davos elite says higher taxes for super-rich is 'just common sense'
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Dutch historian Rutger Bregman told CNBC on Tuesday that higher tax rates in the U.S. are 'necessary to tame this beast we call capitalism.'

Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian who caught the world's attention after criticizing the super-rich at the Davos summit earlier this year, told CNBC Tuesday that higher tax rates in the U.S. are"necessary to tame this beast we call capitalism."

"We are talking about policies that the vast majority of the population actually favors, you know, higher taxes on the wealthy, most people are really in favor of that." They include shorter working weeks, a world without borders and the introduction of a universal basic income.

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