billionaires
Billionaires are old news; world to soon have its first trillionaire
January 22, 2024Oxfam says the world has entered a “new era of monopoly.”
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Losing a few billion doesn’t matter when you’re part of the capitalist elite
January 30, 2023Last year, the world’s wealthiest lost billions and didn’t suffer one bit. They wouldn’t suffer if they had to pay their fair share of taxes either.
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Pandemic ‘best of times’ created a new billionaire every 30 hours
August 2, 2022The world’s obscenely rich grew in numbers and in wealth by taking advantage of a pandemic that, for millions, meant hunger, sickness, and death.
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Billionaires’ shiny utopias are dulling our democracy
November 1, 2021The fact that an occasional billionaire is decent does not negate the problems with having billionaires in the first place.
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Texas raised $54 million for border wall—almost all from one billionaire
October 6, 2021Timothy Mellon is the Wyoming-based grandson of banking tycoon Andrew Mellon. He is responsible for nearly 98% of the donations to Texas’ border wall fund.
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