#Wealth Inequality

Articles (15)

• 🇺🇸 Who would benefit from Bernie Sanders' wealth tax on billionaires? — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  The 5% annual wealth tax on billionaires expands upon proposed legislation in California, backed by a health care labor union.

  Related: #Economic Policy, #Taxation
• 🇬🇧 Google co-founder spends $45m in fight against California billionaire tax — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Sergey Brin gives $25m on top of $20m he’s already given to Super Pac trying to blocking state’s proposed 5% wealth tax</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/google">Google</a> fo...

  Related: #Tax Policy
• 🇺🇸 Sinéad O’Shea on Her Recent Doc With Jessie Buckley, Exploring the 0.01% in ‘All About the Money’ and the Weight of Responsibility — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  During a session at the Copenhagen documentary festival's industry conference, the Irish filmmaker also spoke about only filming people she's really drawn for docs and why she may turn to fiction next...

  Related: #Documentary Ethics
• 🇬🇧 America needs a movement to curb billionaires' power | Steven Greenhouse — 15/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The country’s 900 billionaires have far too much influence over our government and economy. Here’s how we can reduce the power of the ultra-rich</p><p>Not a day goes by without some news about bill...

  Related: #Political Power
• 🇺🇸 It’s Good to Be a Billionaire, Even at Tax Time — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Paying taxes would feel better if the truly rich were bearing a fair share, our columnist says.

  Related: #Taxation
• 🇺🇸 California’s Billionaire Tax Battle — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  Wealthy residents of the state have put millions of dollars toward stopping a proposed 5 percent tax on their assets.

  Related: #Taxation
• 🇺🇸 Trump is already giving the rich massive tax cuts. They can afford a one-time tax — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  'Their contribution to our state’s healthcare would not affect their lifestyle. Most of them will still have more money than they could possibly spend,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

  Related: #Tax Policy
• 🇬🇧 ‘Unbelievably unequal’: report shows how 1% of Mexicans own 40% of country’s wealth — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Fortunes of the country’s 22 billionaires doubled in last five years, reaching unprecedented collective wealth of $219bn</p><p>Scrunched between luxury apartment buildings and a lush gated communit...

  Related: #Economic Disparity
• 🇺🇸 Progressive states revive push to tax the rich as wealth disparity deepens across the U.S. — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Chuck Collins figures he won life's lottery by inheriting vast sums of money through his great-grandfather Oscar Mayer's processed meat company, but rather than fight to protect every dime Collins has...

  Related: #Taxation
• 🇺🇸 Half in California would support one-time tax on ultrawealthy: Poll — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Half of California's registered voters say they would back a ballot initiative — championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) — that would implement a one-time tax on...

  Related: #Taxation
• 🇺🇸 5 Takeaways on America’s Boom in Billionaires — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  The number of billionaires in the United States has soared, with nowhere feeling the effects quite like Jackson, Wyo. Here’s where all that money came from.

  Related: #Education Policy, #School Vouchers
• 🇺🇸 Average 401(k) balance in your 60s: How do you stack up? — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  The average 401(k) balance for people in their 60s has hit a record high — but the median is far lower.

  Related: #Retirement Savings, #Financial Planning
• 🇬🇧 Tax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequality — 24/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Real inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live...

  Related: #Housing Crisis, #Tax Policy, #Social Stratification
• 🇺🇸 The "K-shaped" economy will affect your 2026 tax refund — 10/02/2026 [USA]

  Tax refunds will be bigger this year because of the big, beautiful bill" act, with higher-income households set to reap the biggest checks.

  Related: #Economy, #Taxation
• 🇺🇸 What’s behind these wild new wealth-tax proposals? — 05/02/2026 [USA]

  Claims that taxing the rich in California, New York City and Illinois will “only hit billionaires” don’t hold water. That’s just not how economics works.

  Related: #Fiscal Policy, #Economic Theory