7 stories tagged billionaires, newest first.
6 points by inandout | 0 comments
A Portuguese-language blog post discussing why global economic inequality between rich and poor keeps widening, citing technology, cost of living, and billionaire wealth.
19 points by JKCalhoun | 19 comments
The Conversation article by an economist on how US wealth inequality is worsening, citing Fed data on the top 0.1%, 2025 tax cuts, tariffs, and energy costs.
251 points by idbnstra | 673 comments
A Progress and Poverty Substack post arguing that California should tax its $8.14 trillion in land value rather than pursue a one-time billionaire wealth tax.
325 points by Tomte | 249 comments
Independent article profiling Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who has given away half a billion dollars, and his concerns about billionaires attacking philanthropy.
634 points by kingstoned | 1643 comments
Paul Graham essay, based on an Oxford Union talk, explaining how people become billionaires, chiefly by starting successful startups.
468 points by AndrewDucker | 235 comments
Blog post by author Charles Stross on his 61st birthday reflecting on a world resembling a dystopian 1970s SF novel, with billionaires colonizing space.
415 points by jsnell | 450 comments
Sherwood News feature investigating the estate of late billionaire Fayez Sarofim and a roughly $7 billion estate tax payment to the US government.