Ten Ways You Are Being Burned by Billionaires
Wealth concentration affects your life, whether you realize it or not.
As a co-editor of Inequality.org, I received a message from Greg, who wrote:
None of my problems exist as a result of someone else being a billionaire.
My response to Greg was that an economy rigged to funnel wealth and power to the billionaire class is bad for everyone, undermining life in major ways.
I wrote my new book, Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Planet, to discuss how extreme wealth inequality disrupts daily lives.
Here are ten ways you are being burned by billionaires, pulled from my book, which focuses on the system of laws and regulations that favor big asset owners at the expense of wage earners.
Author's summary: Billionaires' wealth affects everyone's life.