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Are you rich?

The net worth it takes to be considered rich.

Are You Rich? The Net Worth It Takes to Be Considered Wealthy in 2025 – New Trader U

A new word for ‘inequality’?

America’s richest earn in hours what ordinary workers earn over lifetimes. As Donald Trump’s tax bill seeks to make the plunder of the filthy rich permanent, “inequality” no longer feels like a strong enough word for what we’re facing.

Maybe We Need a New Word for “Inequality”

On Wealth Inequality and Life Expectancy

The more equal your country is, the longer you live …

Inequality and Health – Inequality.org

Whatever happened to the Power Elite?

The trio of interests atop business, military, and government depicted in C. Wright Mills’s postwar critique is no longer united in setting the national agenda.

Whatever Happened to the Power Elite? | The New Republic

How the billionaire boom is fueling inequality

As wealth concentrates at the top, Europe must act now to defend democracy and economic stability for all.

How the Billionaire Boom Is Fueling Inequality—and Threatening Democracy

Millionaires don’t flee taxes

Increasing state taxes on the wealthy raised revenue without triggering millionaire flight, a new study found.

Millionaires Don’t Flee States Over Higher Taxes – Inequality.org

The biggest upward redistribution of wealth in history is coming soon

Trump’s tariffs will especially hurt lower-income Americans, while his tax cuts will especially benefit the wealthy.

Robert Reich

The biggest upward redistribution of wealth in history is coming soon

Taxing income vs taxing wealth

The current tax system not only fails to correct and curb wealth hoarding but actively reinforces it, deepening the
racial wealth divide and placing an unfair reliance on middle- and working class families

Taxes Explained – 4 – Income vs Wealth.pdf

Eating the Rich!

“In no way do I advocate a serious interpretation of ‘eat the rich,’ a political slogan that has come and gone since the late 18th century. But I am starting to feel a bit peckish.”

Billionaires like Musk are making ‘eat the rich’ great again | Opinion

There is no such thing as a good billionaire

Democrats want us to believe that there is some cohort of “good billionaires” who can be relied upon to fight for political progress. But as the right-wing turn of tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk suggests, this is nonsense.

There’s No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire

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