Oct 27, 2026 | The Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
Three weeks ago, I had the honor of speaking at a conference hosted by Excessive Wealth titled “US vs. Billionaires.” Many of you have already heard from me about the importance of California’s Proposition 40, the Billionaires Wealth Tax, so I thought I’d use today’s...
Sep 29, 2026 | The Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
[Music playing in the background, “Do You Hear the People Sing” from Les Misérables:“Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see?”] _____________ Whether you live in California or not;...
Aug 25, 2026 | The Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
[Music playing in the background: “Where have all the Progressives gone? …. Oh, when will they ever learn.”] Next to eleven (YO), the number 40 is our most meaningful two-digit number. Every person who turned 40 knows this. It is prominent throughout the bible; the...
Jul 28, 2026 | The Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
For my blog last month, it was Pleonexia, the Greek word describing the insatiable greed of the ultra-rich. Today it is Plutocratifornia (Plu-toh-crati-fornia), my word for when plutocracy comes out of the closet in California, publicly demonstrating the unmistakable...
Jun 30, 2026 | The 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 | The 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...
