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| Mar 11, 2026 | How billionaires worsen affordability crisis (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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Americans of all political stripes are concerned about affordability. Some politicians would like to change the subject.
Billionaires and their allies in politics have tried everyt... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Disrupting Investor Gatekeeping: Scott Kitun Smashes Barriers to Private Equity Access | DI 184
Scott Kitun, investor and advisor, reveals how democratizing private equity is breaking the 1% monopoly. On Disruption Interruption, he explains how platforms like Republic are unlocking trillions in potential capital—empowering ever... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Binaryx Launches Platform Offering Premium Real Estate Yields of 10-30% APR Worldwide, Starting with Just $50 | Binaryx Platform aims to democratize luxury property investments in Bali, Montenegro, and Turkey through blockchain technology, enabling small investors to access premium real estate with returns of 10-30% APR.
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| Mar 16, 2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Matthew Rosing: We can break the cycle of poverty, mental illness and prison | By Matthew Rosing
During my time in prison, I lived in hell.
I witnessed horrific abuse, suffered from a critical lack of mental health care and was treated as less than human. Guards even taunted inmates that we couldn’t change the system ... |
| Feb 5, 2024 | GOP Senate candidate David McCormick has up to $2.2 million in a 'dynasty trust' that allows him to evade wealth taxes — potentially forever | Politics GOP Senate candidate David McCormick has up to $2.2 million in a 'dynasty trust' that allows him to evade wealth taxes — potentially forever
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| Jan 21, 2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Chuck Collins: The rich own nearly all stocks. Here’s how we level the playing field. | By Chuck Collins
Nearly all stock market wealth in this country is now owned by the super rich. The wealthiest 10% hold about 93% of all household stock market wealth in this country, Axios reported recently — a record high.
The Institute f... |
| Dec 17, 2023 | Commentary | Opinion: Bella DeVaan: Like it or not, billionaires are on your gift list this holiday season | By Bella DeVaan
It’s high giving season in America. From Angel Trees and red buckets to year-end appeals, nonprofits and charities receive more donations during the five-week holiday stretch than any other on the calendar.
Millions of peopl... |
| Oct 8, 2023 | After a stranger tried to take a Black family's land, they spent 12 years fighting to get it back | News Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
Voices of Color After a stranger tried to take a Black family's land, they spent 12 years fighting to get it back
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| May 23, 2023 | How rich families use trusts that last as long as 1,000 years to save on taxes and benefit future heirs | The rich can use dynasty trusts to preserve wealth for as much as 40 generations. Robert Daly This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Apr 18, 2023 | This Billionaire Tax Is Pro-Growth—And Common Sense | America's ship requires proper capital.getty |
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Opinion: Who decides what American neighborhoods look like? | Who decides what our neighborhoods look like? And who profits from these projects? The answer is a combination of real estate developers, brokers, investors, agents and property owners — the overwhelming majority of whom are white. For gene... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin gave $438 million to charities through their foundations last year. Here's where the tech gurus' huge donations went. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
In 2021, Google's cofounders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, collectively gave away nearly half a billion dollars from their philanthropic fou... |
| Jul 11, 2022 | There's an easy way to cap sky-high CEO salaries and limit outrageous pay gaps — and it would actually work | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Corporate boards, the small group of independent appointees who are supposed to protect the best interests of the world's largest companies... |
| May 17, 2022 | Musk, Bezos & Gates Technology Billionaire Trolling & Strolling. Please Just Get Back To Work. | Technology billionaires need to stay in the technology game. We need their help now more than ever. They need to stop trolling and strolling around and get back to work. Gates is on the right path. Others should follow. Technology-enabled s... |
| Mar 24, 2022 | Minimum wage would be $61.75 if it grew like Wall Street bonuses: report | More On: minimum wage
Target seeks to entice workers with pay of up to $24 an hour Los Angeles’ minimum wage going up to $16.04 per hour under annual hike law Macy’s to raise minimum wage to $15 amid labor shortages McDonald’s workers set t... |
| Mar 24, 2022 | Wall Street bonuses hit a record high of $257,500 per worker last year | Wall Street securities employees received $257,500 per worker in bonuses last year — a record high.
The bumper bonus was a 20% jump over the previous record high in 2020, per the New York State Comptroller.
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| Feb 2, 2022 | Businesses argue NYC’s groundbreaking new law to require salaries in job postings will hurt the local economy | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
Employers in New York City will be required to include a salary range on all job postings beginning in May... |
| Nov 27, 2021 | The Democrats need to stop acting scared, stop scaling back the Build Back Better, and pass the bill right now | Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accompanied by House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer D-MD, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 Jose Luis Magana/... |
| Oct 31, 2021 | Americans are depressed. The solution? Throw money at it. | The US has one of the highest rates of depression in the world. Supporting people economically can help. Samantha Lee/Insider
The United States has a crisis of depression, but our solutions are too individualistic.
Pandemic welfare programs... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Elon Musk lashes out over proposed billionaire tax | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories delivered straight to your inbox each morning.
Democrats are set to introduce a new proposal this week to tax billionaires on unrealized capital gains—potentially limiting a long-... |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Researchers have found why some people are fans of ultra-rich individuals like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk, but not billionaires in general | People tend to have negative views of massive wealth inequality and billionaires as a class.
But a focus on individual billionaires leads people to change their minds, researchers found.
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| Sep 20, 2021 | The number of billionaires grew by 13.4% in 2020 – making the pandemic a ‘windfall to billionaire wealth’ | A new report from research firm Wealth-X found that the number of global billionaires rose above 3,000 in 2020.
It’s a first, per the report, with billionaires around the world increasing their collective wealth by 5.7%.
Wealth taxes have b... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Billionaire Space Race: The Ultimate Symbol Of Capitalism’s Flawed Obsession With Growth | wp_booster error:
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| Jul 15, 2021 | America’s monopoly problem stretches far beyond Big Tech | I rarely feel more squeezed as a consumer than I do when I fly. For some reason, I now have to pay to pick a seat. Buying the in-flight wifi is equivalent to throwing money in the trash. Flight insurance seems like a scam, but I’m never sur... |
| Jun 4, 2021 | One big strategy to reduce racial wealth inequality: employee ownership | In 2019, Darrick Hamilton and three other researchers and policy analysts authored a report entitled “Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide.” The report proposed various solutions to reduce the racial wealth gap, including guaran... |
| May 23, 2021 | Joe Biden wants to tax the wealthy without creating a wealth tax, even though it’s overwhelmingly popular | President Joe Biden. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
As infrastructure talks begin to heat up, taxes – and how much they’ll go up – will be a hot topic.
Yes, Biden wants to raise taxes on the wealthy, but he doesn’t want to do an outright wea... |
| May 5, 2021 | Biden launches a fiery defense of his tax hikes: ‘This is about making the average multimillionaire pay just a fair share’ | President Joe Biden. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File
In a Wednesday address, President Joe Biden gave an impassioned defense of his proposed tax hikes.
Biden wants to hike taxes on corporations and Americans making over $400,000 a year.
He said t... |
| May 5, 2021 | Biden launches a fiery defense of his tax hikes: 'This is about making the average multimillionaire pay just a fair share' | President Joe Biden. Evan Vucci/AP
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In a Wednesday address, President Joe Biden gave an impassioned defense of his proposed tax hikes.
Biden wants to hike taxes on corporations and Americans making over $400,000 a year.
He said th... |
| Apr 20, 2021 | AIRBNB, INC.
Airbnb : Activism and Allyship Guide | Last year Airbnb published a guide designed by the company's Black@ employee resource group to help interested people become better allies. The guide has been updated to reflect additional references to work from activists and experts in an... |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Democratic Rep. Andy Levin says corporate America should support the PRO Act and ‘get excited about making money the old-fashioned way’ | Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI) visited Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, in March to meet with workers ahead of their historic vote over whether to unionize. Megan Varner/Getty Images
Democratic Rep. Andy Levin co-sponsored the PRO Act, whic... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | The minimum wage would be $44 an hour if it had grown at the same rate as Wall Street bonuses | Wall Street employees based in New York City earned an average bonus of $US184,000 ($240,430) last year – a 10% increase from the year before. Johannes Eisele/Getty Images
Wall Street bonuses have increased by 1,217% since 1985, according t... |
| Mar 24, 2021 | The field of economics has long excluded women, and it goes back to basic theories developed by men | Annie Fadely. Courtesy of Annie Fadely
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| Mar 24, 2021 | The field of economics has long excluded women, and it goes back to basic theories developed by men | Annie Fadely. Courtesy of Annie Fadely
Annie Fadely is a senior associate at Civic Ventures and a producer of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast.
Fadely says it’s “obvious” that economics has a gender bias that’s rooted in the field’s founda... |
| Mar 24, 2021 | America's Billionaires Got $1.3 Trillion Richer During the Pandemic, While Over 76 Million People Lost Jobs | March 24, 2021 2 min read
A recent report from Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies found that, during the pandemic, the country's billionaires earned a whopping $1.3 trillion — as an increasing number of American... |
| Mar 13, 2021 | Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long? | WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes: The vast inequality that divides the richest from the rest — a gap made w... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Billionaires have added $1.3 trillion to their net worths during the pandemic – a 44% increase from March 2020 | Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man and one of the US’ centi-billionaires. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
A new report finds that US billionaires have added $US1.3 ($2) trillion to their wealth since March 2020.
The US also saw more people join ... |
| Feb 20, 2021 | Wealthy Americans have gotten so rich they pay one-sixth the rate of taxes as their 1953 counterparts, study says | An Institute for Policy Studies paper looks at the rate of taxes on the richest Americans.
From 1953 to 2018, the rate of taxation as a percentage of wealth on the top 0.01% has fallen 83%.
The authors say that means the concentration of we... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Wealthy Americans have gotten so rich they pay one-sixth the rate of taxes as their 1953 counterparts, study says | An Institute for Policy Studies paper looks at the rate of taxes on the richest Americans.
From 1953 to 2018, the rate of taxation as a percentage of wealth on the top 0.01% has fallen 83%.
The authors say that means the concentration of we... |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Elon Musk tops Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person | Tesla chief executive Elon Musk on Thursday surpassed Amazon.com founder Jeffrey Bezos as the world's richest person. A jump in the price of Tesla stock lifted the value of his wealth on paper to more than $188 billion, according to the Blo... |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Jeff Bezos tops list of biggest charitable givers in 2020 | Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations — a $10 billion gift aimed at fighting climate change.
Bezos, the world's r... |
| Dec 19, 2020 | Elon Musk might be here to stay as the world's second-richest person | Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now the second-richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $158 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Musk's wealth is largely tied to his stock in Tesla, which is set to join the S&P 500 index on Decemb... |
| Dec 19, 2020 | Elon Musk might be here to stay as the world’s second-richest person | Elon Musk is the world’s second-richest person, but for how long? picture alliance/Getty Images
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now the second-richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $US158 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Musk’s ... |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Philanthropy is still dominated by the ultrawealthy, but asking billionaires to solve inequality is colossally stupid | Bruce, one of the vegetarian sharks in ‘Finding Nemo.’ Disney Pixar
If 2020 has made anything clear, it’s that billionaires aren’t going to save us – and that goes for all the millions they spend on philanthropy.
Philanthropy is currently d... |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Addressing One Root Of Wealth Inequality Through Employee Ownership | Employee ownership is a powerful way to more evenly distribute wealth across all income levels.getty |
| Oct 27, 2020 | 5 Ways You Can Help Black Female Founders Build Their Legacy Right Now | Jade Keshia Gordon, along with seven other female founders, shares her tips on things you can do ... [+] right now to help Black women-owned businesses build their legacies right now.JKG Photography |
| Oct 27, 2020 | Trump Claims Doctors Are Overcounting Covid-19 Deaths To Make More Money; Physician Groups Say Otherwise | President Donald Trump suggested in a campaign speech on Saturday that doctors are helping inflate ... [+] Covid-19 coronavirus death tally to make money. Here is a scene from an emergency room at RUHS on May 15, 2020 in Moreno Valley, Cali... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | Elon Musk just made R140 billion in one day. Here's how the SA-born CEO makes, spends his fortune. | Getty/Kevork Djansezian
Elon Musk has made more money than any other billionaire throughout the course of the coronavirus pandemic, more than tripling his net worth in the past five months.
He is now the fourth-richest person in America.
Mu... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | Elon Musk has tripled his wealth during the pandemic, joining a list of 12 Americans collectively worth more than $1 trillion | The 12 richest Americans are now worth more than $1 trillion, according to an analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies.
During the pandemic, their combined wealth has increased by $283 billion, a jump of nearly 40%, according to the r... |
| Aug 17, 2020 | 7 Reasons Why Privatizing The Postal System Is Ridiculous And Foolish | Mail carrier Oscar Osorio continues to deliver mail in Los Feliz amid the Covid 19 pandemic on April ... [+] 29, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. - Everyday the United States Postal Service (USPS) employees work and deliver essential mail ... |
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| Jul 19, 2020 | The world's richest people poured billions into stocks at the start of the coronavirus crisis, but now they're looking elsewhere to make their money | UBS says its ultra wealthy clients are moving out of stocks to invest in more illiquid areas.
Some of these include residential real estate and private equity, the Swiss bank said in a report this week.
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| Apr 23, 2020 | Covid-19 will pass. Will we be able to say the same about the racism it has illuminated? | The Covid-19 pandemic is teaching me that the world can change almost overnight when it faces a big problem.
When President Trump declared a national emergency, my medical practice shifted almost instantly from in-person appointments to tel... |
| Jul 31, 2019 | The 28 richest American families, ranked | The Lauder family is worth more than $22 billion. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
The US may not have any rich royals, but it does have rich families with net worths in the billions.
These billionaire clans have accumulated their fortunes ... |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Meet the 15 richest family-wealth dynasties in the US, who have a combined net worth of $618 billion | Advertisement
The fortunes of wealthy family dynasties in the US have been increasing, according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies.
The report looked at the 15 wealthiest family dynasties from the Forbes 400 list and found... |
| Feb 23, 2019 | US inequality is only getting worse, and the 'dynastic wealth' bemoaned by Warren Buffett may be one of the reasons why | Advertisement
Income inequality has increased in the US over the years, and many consider generational wealth to be one of its key causes.
The fortunes of US family dynasties have been on the rise, and some rich families are taking advantag... |
| Миллиардер Рэй Далио — о слабостях США и Китае, инфляции и крипте, а также том, что «нельзя контролировать» Статьи редакции | Основатель Bridgewater Associates рассуждает: почему США рискует потерять лидерство на международной арене, биткоин вряд ли станет резервной валютой и почему умение справляться с неизвестным показательнее просто ума.
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| An economist shares 3 policies that can reverse income inequality — and what the US can learn from them | The right kinds of policies can undo inequalities built into capitalist nations, Dr. Faiza Shaheen of the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies said. Crystal Cox/Business Insider
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| The number of billionaires grew by 13.4% in 2020 — making the pandemic a 'windfall to billionaire wealth' | Spencer Platt/Getty Images
A new report from research firm Wealth-X found that the number of global billionaires rose above 3,000 in 2020.
It's a first, per the report, with billionaires around the world increasing their collective wealth b... |
| How Davos became a target for conspiracy theorists and anarchists | Nearly 2,500 global leaders from business, politics and civil society are expected to take part in a rare springtime version of Davos this week.
Organizers of the event had postponed the meeting from its traditional January slot over safety... |
| A wealth tax on America's billionaires could cover the child tax credit extension — and the entire defense budget | Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has a fortune of over $260 billion. Picture Alliance/Getty Images
A new report finds that billionaires around the world hold $13.76 trillion cumulatively.
The US has 740 of the world's 2,660 billionair... |
| Wall Street bonuses jumped 20% last year, more than triple the average worker's raise | Wall Street bonuses have been growing throughout the pandemic: the average securities industry bonus was 20% higher than it was in 2020, for a total of $45 billion in bonuses. John Moore/Getty Images
Wall Street bonuses were five times the ... |
| Why so many people hate the super-rich — but still love Elon Musk and Bill Gates, according to psychology | You might admire Bill Gates’ workhorse mentality or Elon Musk’s brazen attitude and ideas, but also feel conflicted about wealth inequality.
Now, psychologists and marketing experts can explain that disconnect.
The Ohio State University and... |
| If you don't want a recession, stop talking about it | Talking about a recession will only make things worse, Paul Constant says. Alexander Spatari/Getty Images
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| Bill Gates and Warren Buffett got 211 billionaires to pledge half their wealth to charity. But some are moving slow — and still getting massive tax breaks. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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