Five Questions for Chuck Collins About His New Book
A discussion with the author of Burned by Billionaires on why the ultra-rich demand our attention.
Wealth Concentration
When Far-Right Voters Learn Wage Inequality Facts, Their Support for Policy Solutions Jumps
A new study of voters in the United States and five other countries finds that those on the far right become much more supportive of redistributive policies when they know the true extent of the wage gap problem.
Ten Ways You Are Being Burned by Billionaires
Wealth concentration affects your life, whether you realize it or not.
Billionaire Wealth Concentration Is Even Worse than You Imagine
The share of U.S. wealth held by the top 0.1 percent has grown nearly 60 percent since 1989.
Don’t Let Wall Street Gamble with Your Golden Years
Private equity firms want your retirement savings — and the Trump administration wants to help them.
Wall Street Is Killing the Housing Market
Investment giants are buying up homes and pricing real people out of the market. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
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.
Republican Tax and Spending Law Is Economically Misguided and Deeply Unfair
Cutting taxes for the wealthy and businesses and paying for it with Medicaid cuts will not have a positive impact on growth but will deepen the deficit and widen inequality.