After the end of its wealth tax came a newfound ‘wealth porn’.
Articles on Super-rich
Displaying all articles
Many of the Gen Zers who “don’t fly commercial” want to stay close to home.
While most heterosexual couples are dual-earners, super rich couples continue to have gender-traditional arrangements in which the man is the sole breadwinner.
In 1950, the top 0.01% of earners paid almost 70% of their income in taxes. By 2018, the super-rich paid proportionately less than the average for all other Americans.
After Russian oligarchs stepped in to help with the coronavirus response, Putin upped their taxes. But it’s unlikely to phase them.
Rich Indian women are anxious about being recognised as members of an international elite.
London’s super rich are building thousands of subterranean palaces.
Income inequality, the most common way to measure the gap between the rich and the poor, only tells part of the story. Wealth inequality tells the rest.
In the big inequality debate, one thing unites those concerned by wealth disparities: they want the rich to pay more in taxes. But how to do this? The “tax efficiency” industry is thriving, money is hidden…
Top contributors
-
Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
-
Director of Studies (Human, Social and Political Sciences), Bye-Fellow and Associate Tutor at St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
-
Professor of Cities, Newcastle University
-
Associate Professor of Accounting, Boston College
-
Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
-
Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
-
Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
-
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
-
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy, Aston University
-
Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
-
Professor of Sociology
-
Professor of Social Work, Lund University
-
Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication, Lund University