billionaires

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• SOURCE: Vox
  12/20/2022
  

  2022's Lesson? Billionaires Bad, Actually

  Tech historian Margaret O'Mara says Musk, like other tech moguls, has long been supported by a myth of the individual genius that is only now being overturned by his erratic decisionmaking, boosting of right-wing conspiracy theories, and incredibly thin-skinned reaction to criticism. 

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  7/20/2021
  

  The U.S. Tax Code Should Not Allow Billionaires to Exist

  by Josh Mound

  There have been historical precursors to the recent ProPublica report on the extremely low taxes paid by the ultrawealthy. Will this revelation lead to more lasting changes in the tax code that thwart the hoarding of wealth? 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/9/2021
  

  How Will Jeff Bezos Spend His Billions Now?

  by Margaret O'Mara

  John D. Rockefeller used philanthropy to blunt harsh criticism of his business practices and the social dysfunction represented by his immense wealth. What will his 21st-century analogue Jeff Bezos do for an image-burnishing second act? And will it be about service to the public or service to Bezos? 

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• 5/17/2020
  

  Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, America’s Billionaires Thrive and Prosper

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Americans may wonder whether the nation can afford to maintain a small, parasitic stratum of society in splendor during economic collapse and pandemic.