Relying on rich listers for social services leads to whimsical government failures and loss of #democracy, as we can see from the Trump/Musk dispute. Instead a fairer distribution of wealth underpins freedom and is a vital foundation for democracy. #nzpol#richlists
‘Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough’: Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires – and why the Democrats failed
The senator and twice Democratic presidential hopeful is on tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trying to build a new progressive movement. He reveals why he thinks Republicans are scared to speak up and what went wrong for Kamala Harris in 2024
It’s not a rich list – it’s gone far beyond that. We need to talk about ‘extreme wealth’
We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as such, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the New Economics Foundation