Leave No Generation Behind
A tax on inherited wealth could eliminate student debt while reducing growing inequality. Over a decade ago, I got a call from Bill Gates. Not the Bill Gates you’re probably...
Chuck Collins
Thomas Piketty and U.S. Wealth Taxation
Don’t feel bad if you were busy and missed the buzz around the new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. It’s not every day that a 685-page book about wealth...
Wealth of 400 Billionaires = Wealth of All 41 Million African-Americans
The Dizzying Racial Wealth Divide The billionaires that make up the “Forbes 400” list have as much wealth as the entire African-American population of the U.S., over 41 million people,...
Wealthy Parents, Inherited Advantage, and Declining Mobility
Who is responsible for inequality? Is it the 1 percent, soaking up the lion’s share of national income and wealth? Or the failure of people in the 99% to boost...