Helping the Rich Let Go
By Chuck Collins, YES! magazine
Some inheritors of wealth are redirecting this wealth to solve big problems, like climate disruption and racial inequity. And this has created a new ethos among some of the elite and their financial advisers: “wealth minimization.”
Taking on a Billionaire Landlord in the Twin Cities
By Chuck Collins, YES! magazine
As a national tenant eviction moratorium imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to expire on March 31, 2021, the role of billionaire landlords is getting dramatic attention.
COVID-19 has made the super-rich richer. It’s time for a billionaire wealth tax
By Chuck Collins, Open Democracy
Today’s massive concentrations of wealth and power are disruptive to democratic institutions, social cohesion, and economic stability for all. It’s time for a billionaire wealth tax.
Nomadland: The Lifetime Impacts of Gender-Bias in Wages
By Chuck Collins, Common Dreams
For example, why do women retire with significantly lower Social Security benefits, after a lifetime of gender prejudiced earnings?
Report: Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health
By Chuck Collins, Omar Ocampo, Sara Mycklebust, Bianca Agustin, Jonathan Heller, Inequality.org
As of November 17, the combined wealth of 647 U.S. billionaires increased by almost $960 billion since mid-March, the beginning of the pandemic lockdown—an increase of nearly $1 trillion in less than a year
In a Pandemic, Billionaires Are Richer than Ever. Why Aren’t they Giving More?
By Chuck Collins, The Guardian blog
We should reorient the rules governing taxes and charity to discourage the concentration of power and decision-making. Taxpayers should not subsidize private fortresses of wealth and power that will exist for generations, controlled by the same families and their professional advisers.
White Supremacy is the Pre-existing Condition
By Omar Ocampo, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Darrick Hamilton, Chuck Collins, Inequality.org
In our new report, White Supremacy is the Pre-existing Condition, we found that the concentration of wealth has surged during the pandemic, further exacerbating an already extreme racial wealth divide.
Tax the Rich Before the Rest
By Chuck Collins, Common Dreams
Presidential candidates should take a pledge: The middle class should not pay one dollar more in new taxes until the super-rich pay their fair share.