Excessive Wealth is the Defining Crisis of Our Lifetimes
The ultra-rich use their vast wealth and influence to make life harder for the rest of us.
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Excessive Wealth Institute
The Excessive Wealth Institute develops research on how excessive wealth harms our economy, our democracy, and our daily lives. We are working to replace a culture that celebrates greed with one that values shared prosperity.
Tax the Greedy Billionaires
Tax the Greedy Billionaires connects America’s excessive wealth crisis to the costs families feel every day: billionaires distorting housing and health care markets, driving up prices, and polluting our planet. We bring together lawmakers, advocates, and experts to champion bold solutions for taxing the ultra-wealthy.
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STATEMENT: Tax the Greedy Billionaires Celebrates Growing National Momentum for Wealth Tax After El-Sayed Win
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STATEMENT: California Democrats Vote to Back Wealth Tax, Defy Billionaires’ and Newsom’s Attempts to Block It
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Statement: Tax the Greedy Billionaires Condemns Musk’s Midterm Intervention, Reiterates Calls for Congress to Tax Wealth
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About Us
Excessive Wealth is laser focused on reducing the wealth and power of the ultra-wealthy in order to build an economy and democracy that empowers working people. The Excessive Wealth Institute funds research about the top 0.2% and the societal impacts of excessive wealth, while Tax the Greedy Billionaires advocates for bold solutions to break up concentrations of wealth and power.
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Extreme wealth is extreme power. Learn how the ultra-wealthy are distorting our society.
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