Omar Ocampo
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Reports by Omar
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Lessons from Atlanta’s Municipal Grocery Store Experiment
How public support and purchasing cooperatives brought new options to Atlanta’s food deserts — and what other cities can learn.
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High Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess
How taxpayers and commercial passengers subsidize luxury private jet travel.
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The True Cost of the Military in Hawaiʻi
A comprehensive analysis of the economic, environmental, strategic, and social impacts of the U.S. military presence in Hawaiʻi
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What You Need to Know About the U.S. Attack on Venezuela
Was it about oil? Will it stop the flow of drugs? What did it cost? IPS experts answer these questions and more.
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Wealth Expands After Higher State Taxes on High-Income Earners
A study on revenue and potential in Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington
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Billionaire Blowback on Housing
How concentrated wealth disrupts housing markets and worsens the housing affordability crisis.
Omar In the news
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In These Times
More Than A Slogan: Labor's New Gambit to Tax the Rich
Washington State enacted a historic “millionaire tax.” IPS analyzed potential impacts of such tax the rich initiatives. -
IPS found that 905 U.S. billionaires are worth a combined $7.8 trillion. Sen. Warren's tax on the ultra-rich could raise $6.2 trillion over 10 years.
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USA Today
Is America Ready to Tax the Super-Rich?
IPS's wealth data research found that raising higher taxes on ultra-rich Massachusetts residents didn't result in significant wealth flight. -
Fast Company
Washington state has no income tax. It just passed one for millionaires that could be a model for other states.
Omar Ocampo tells Fast Company there’s no evidence that higher state tax rates on the wealthy cause people to leave. -
IPS research found millionaires didn't flee en masse from Washington State or Massachusetts after they passed similar tax hikes on the rich.
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Knoxville News Sentinel
We can't afford billionaires any more. Time to rein them in.
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