5 Takeaways on America’s Boom in Billionaires

The number of billionaires in the United States has soared, with nowhere feeling the effects quite like Jackson, Wyo. Here’s ...
Opinion

The Many Shades of Complicity in the Epstein Fallout

Philosophers have long wrestled with what to do about the onlookers and profiteers surrounding those who have done terrible things.
The Economist

If 19th-century plutocrats are dinosaurs, we’re now in Jurassic Park, writes Richard White

D URING THE American Gilded Age of the late 19th century, economic booms and busts followed each other so regularly that they ...

Progressive lawmakers Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna unveil $4.4T wealth tax targeting billionaires

Progressive lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna unveil a 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires' assets exceeding $1 billion ...
Opinion
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What percent of the world’s wealth is controlled by billionaires?

If you took the total amount of wealth gained by the world’s billionaires over the last year and gave every person in the world $250, billionaires would still have $500 billion left over. Between 1989 ...

Sanders And Khanna Push National 5% Annual Billionaire Wealth Tax

Backers project, based on Forbes’ billionaires list, that the tax would raise $4.4 trillion over ten years for childcare, housing and a $3,000 per person check to many Americans.

Could a New Billionaire Tax Plan Put $3,000 in Your Pocket?

Two prominent lawmakers are proposing to "tax the rich" and send some proceeds to taxpayers. Could it be a sign of things to ...