Economic Malignancy: The Swelling Wealth Share of Our Richest 0.00001 Percent
In 2024, the 19 richest U.S. billionaires increased their share of the country’s wealth from 1.2 percent to 1.8 percent, the largest annual increase ever.
Bob Lord
A Textbook Case of How Tax Policy Fuels Obscene Wealth Accumulation
Jeff Bezos is paying only peanuts in tax on the profits he’s making selling off his Amazon shares.
America’s Most Regressive Tax Levy: Our Tax on Capital Gains
Our current effective tax rate on capital gains shrinks as the gains grow in size and duration, inviting the tax dodge — Buy–Hold for Decades–Sell — that’s driving America’s wealth concentration.
‘Oppressive’ Taxation That Isn’t
The nightmare scenarios anti-tax groups paint ignore the huge impact of ‘buy-hold for decades-sell’ tax avoidance on the taxes our ultra-rich end up paying.