Money can buy influence over nearly anything in the world — including in the world of ideas.
Tag: High Net Worth Individuals
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Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing
From Horatio Alger and E.L. James to T. Boone Pickens and Charles Koch, books by and about the ultrawealthy reveal some of our darkest American fantasies.
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The Psychic Contortions of the Black Billionaire
Black billionaires are rare, and a disproportionate number of them are performers. What does that much wealth do to your art?
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Here’s the Neat Trick of Biden’s Billionaire Tax
How to convince the Supreme Court that the plan is constitutional?
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Biden to Include Minimum Tax on Billionaires in Budget Proposal
The tax would require that American households worth more than $100 million pay at least 20 percent on their full income, as well as unrealized gains in the value of liquid assets like stocks.