Jun 30, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
It happened on Friday, June 12, 2026: Elon Musk, sooner than almost anyone expected, became a trillionaire. With so much written about this, it may not be necessary to say that a trillion dollars is one-million millions. But if you can agree with me that $50 million...
May 26, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
Are you feeling the bbgb’s (my version of the heebie-jeebies, relating to the Bad Billionaire/Good Billionaire debate)? There have been a lot of efforts lately to convince us that there is such a thing as a good billionaire, and not just by billionaires. The arguments...
Apr 28, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
In the 1966 movie Harper starring Paul Newman, there is a line that my memory ranks as one of the top 10 or so all-time best—”You’ve got a way of starting conversation that ends conversation!” That’s what it frequently feels like when I try to talk to...
