How to Persuade a Billionaire
The newly formed Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute envisions a world of shared prosperity, where ultra-high net worth individuals join in the struggle for economic justice.
Why Do Billionaires So Love Owning Newspapers?
You never know when an editorial can come in handy. Just ask Jeff Bezos.
Whither the Wealth Squad?
Funding the IRS’ wealth squad can help ensure the nation’s richest pay their fair share of taxes.
America’s Inherited Wealth Dynasties Park Trillions Out of Reach of Taxation
A new report estimates that $21 trillion of that wealth will pass internally within America’s already dynastically wealthy families between now and 2045.
Tornados Can Kill. So Can Amazon’s Business Model.
How long will we tolerate the corporate executive ‘risk taking’ that puts only workers at real risk?
American Tax Policy in the Age of Trillionaires
Have we just about decided that the further accumulation of billionaire fortunes makes for good public policy?
Let’s Make the Most of This ‘Tax Billionaires’ Moment
The movement to tax extreme wealth to pay for human needs suddenly has a rare political opening.
U.S. Billionaires Got 62 percent Richer During Pandemic. They’re Now Up $1.8 Trillion.
Billionaire wealth gains made during the COVID-19 pandemic could pay for half of Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget package
Taxing Lifetime Gains Serves Different Fairness Goal Than Estate Tax
The “basis step-up” allows wealthy people to avoid paying income tax on lifetimes of investment gains.
America’s Billionaires: Borrowing Their Way to Ever More Fabulous Fortunes
The great painter Diego Rivera would not appreciate what our richest are using for collateral.
Jeff Bezos Should Have Thanked American Taxpayers for Paying for His Space Ride
From the very start, the giant retailer’s business strategy has relied on dodging taxes and pocketing public subsidies.
Avoiding the Robot Apocalypse
We’d better control machines before they control us.
Our Billionaires Are Blasting Off. Good Riddance!
Could space become the ‘final frontier’ in the struggle for a more equal world?
A Third of U.S. Billionaire Wealth Gains Since 1990 Have Come During Pandemic
U.S. billionaire pandemic profit balloons to $4.56 trillion, a 55 percent increase.
Amazon Union Vote Shows Why We Need the PRO Act
In the face of intimidation by one of the largest companies in the world, Alabama workers bravely spoke out about the need for greater labor protections.