March 02, 2020
Billionaires: A Visual Explainer
An illustrated look at a system allowing billionaire wealth to balloon, all at the expense of everything else we care about.
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When I wrote recently in CNN Business that there should be fewer billionaires in the United States, it was nothing personal. The problem, as I wrote, isn’t a few individuals making money. It’s the whole system that allows their wealth to balloon, all at the expense of everything else we care about – including our democracy.
My colleague Sarah Gertler illustrated – literally – how this system works for us! Take a look and read the full article to learn more about the corrosive impact of billionaire wealth on our democracy.






Originally in Inequality.org.
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