Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88 Percent over Four Years
Mar 18, 2024 · Four years ago, the United States entered the Covid-19 pandemic. Forbes published its 34th annual billionaire survey shortly after with data keyed to March 18, 2020. On …
Racial Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
As with total wealth, home ownership is heavily skewed towards white families, our 2023 report with the National Community Reinvestment, Still a Dream, shows.Between 1960 and 2020, the …
Gender Economic Inequality - Inequality.org
Throughout the U.S. workforce, women remain vastly underpaid. Institute for Policy Studies analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Data finds that among full-time workers, women earned an …
Wealth Inequality - Inequality.org
The collective net worth of America’s top 12 billionaires now surpasses $2 trillion. Their combined wealth increased by more than $1.3 trillion, or 193 percent, between March 18, 2020 and …
Income Inequality - Inequality.org
Over the past five decades, the top 1 percent of American earners have nearly doubled their share of national income, according to figures in the World Inequality Database.Meanwhile, …
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Inequality.org. is your online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality. You'll find on these pages information and insights that can help you better …
How Did Elon Musk Become the Richest Person on Earth?
Oct 17, 2024 · In 1942, then-president Franklin Roosevelt proposed a 100 percent tax rate on income over $25,000, the equivalent of about $484,000 today. Congress wouldn’t go along …
Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
Feb 11, 2015 · 3. A Global Wealth Tax? In Capital in the Twenty-first Century , Thomas Piketty recommends an international agreement establishing a wealth tax. Under his plan, countries …
Revealing the True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy
Nov 20, 2023 · Giving Pledgers need to pick up the pace. The report analyzes the progress of the Giving Pledge, founded in 2010 by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, that has inspired over 220 …
Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers
Mar 18, 2024 · September 17, 2024 update 801 U.S. billionaires hold a combined $6.22 trillion in wealth. There are now 801 billionaires based in the United States with a combined wealth …