This Policy Digest explores the reclamation of taxation as a democratic act of care rather than a burden of compliance. Drawing on South Africa’s experience and comparative global lessons, the authors interrogate who bears the burden of revenue raised under a deeply imbalanced global financial architecture, and how advocacy for tax reform can create conditions for an economy of care. The Digest calls for a new approach to taxation, grounded in equity, ecological sustainability, and human wellbeing. It invites policymakers, researchers, and civil-society actors to envision an economy that prioritises collective flourishing over unequal taxation, an economy built to care for us, not control us.
