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REPORT: Hanscom High Flyers

Private jet travel is a monumental example of private excess at public expense. Here’s a local case study.

Private Jets Are Dirty Luxuries for the Ultra Rich. Let’s Tax Them.

The private jet industry is destroying the climate and intensifying inequality. Rather than providing subsidies, we should tax the hell out of it.

Report: High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up the Planet

In this report, we assess the environmental, economic, and security risks of private jet travel — and lay out tax reforms to offset them.

Lawmakers, Fix Trust Law and Close Down the Billionaire Enabler States.

The world’s wealthy already operate by a different set of rules and laws. But allowing the full scale carveout and manipulation of U.S. state trust law to serve their interests should not be one of them.

Whither the Wealth Squad?

Funding the IRS’ wealth squad can help ensure the nation’s richest pay their fair share of taxes.

Why the Superrich Are Flocking to South Dakota

South Dakota has become a tax haven for the wealthy. Here’s how the trust industry gained a foothold.

REPORT: Silver Spoon Oligarchs

How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality

    It’s Payback Time

    Capital and Main | June 1, 2023

    We’re All Paying for Private Jet Travel

    The New York Times | May 5, 2023

    Tax Private Jets Into Oblivion

    Jacobin | May 3, 2023

    The Rick Smith Show

    The Rick Smith Show | January 18, 2023

    The Next Step in the Fight for the Good Life

    The New Republic | December 19, 2022

    Meet the New Global Tax Haven, the United States

    Nonprofit Quarterly | December 14, 2022

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