Sublime

Big Idea Six: The Importance of Wealth and Economic Growth

had become the fodder for a bounty of services for the affluent—and,

the richest eighty-five people have as much as the bottom three and a half billion.

Class warfare can really be about who gets to own it, a couple of us or all of us.

Soaring Inequality

The growing gap between wages and productivity is just another hidden tax that transfers wealth from workers to employers.

As people accumulate more money, they become less dependent on public goods and, in turn, less interested in supporting them. If they get their way, through tax breaks and other means, personal fortunes grow while public goods are allowed to deteriorate. As public housing, public education, and public transportation become poorer, they become incre