Inherited Wealth

Denying the role of inherited wealth fuels the mythology of meritocracy and keeps us from addressing structural inequality.

We’ve reached the point where a handful of extraordinarily wealthy clans essentially have the power to suffocate our democracy.

A California campaign is pushing to add an innovative initiative to the November ballot. The plan: make public higher education tuition-free by restoring the estate tax.

The family that has made billions off trick-or-treat candy has gone generations without paying any appreciable tax on its enormous fortune. And the Trump tax plan, if adopted, would ax a huge chunk of the tax on the family’s income!