Chuck Collins wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Chuck is a director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good.
Viewpoint
U.S. Billionaire Wealth Is Up 88% Since the Pandemic—Now Topping $5.5 Trillion
Can we please just tax the rich?
Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo
Labor
New Study Says the Median Black Family Will Have Zero Wealth by 2082
Chuck Collins
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