Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg added $41 billion to his wealth over the past year. And that’s nothing compared to what Tesla CEO, Elon Musk raked in: $157 billion. The majority of humans on the planet can’t even fathom earning that amount of money. Yet, for many in the top .01 percent, it’s a never-ending cycle of holding onto and building their wealth for generations to come. As the rich get richer and take up a bigger piece of the pie, what’s left for the rest of us? How can leaders and laws slow this extreme wealth inequality?
Guest Information:
- Chuck Collins, director, Program on Inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, author, The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions.
Links for more info:
- Inequity.org: Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers
- Institute For Policy Studies: Chuck Collins
- Powell’s: Wealth Hoarders How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions
- Forbes: The World’s Billionaires Have Gotten $1.9 Trillion Richer In 2020
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