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Washington state’s ‘historic’ millionaire tax takes aim at super-rich – will it succeed? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/washington-state-millionaire-tax-wealth #WashingtonState #UsNews #WorldNews #TheSuperrich
Washington state’s ‘historic’ millionaire tax takes aim at super-rich – will it succeed?

As living costs rise, the state where Gates and Bezos made billions is targeting top earners – could other states follow?

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World news | The GuardianMar 11
Google founder backs both Republican and Democrat in California governor’s race while ex-CEO fights billionaire tax https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/silicon-valley-donations-california-governor-race #SiliconValley #California #UsPolitics #Technology #EricSchmidt #SergeyBrin #Republicans #Democrats #SeanParker #PeterThiel #Google #Reddit #Linkedin #Facebook #Meta #TheSuperrich #WestCoast #UsNews
Google founder backs both Republican and Democrat in California governor’s race while ex-CEO fights billionaire tax

California’s billionaires are stepping up their involvement in state politics with multimillion-dollar donations

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World news | The GuardianMar 11
Billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega to receive €3.23bn dividend https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/11/billionaire-zara-founder-amancio-ortega-to-receive-323bn-dividend #RetailIndustry #Zara #ExecutivePayAndBonuses #TheSuperrich #Business #Spain #WorldNews #CorporateGovernance #Europe
Billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega to receive €3.23bn dividend

Payment for Inditex founder, the world’s 15 richest person, tops last year’s dividend of €3.1bn

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 6
Influencers sold the world a fantasy Dubai – and now it’s gone in a puff of missile smoke | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/06/influencers-sold-fantasy-dubai-missile-economic-migrants #UsisraelWarOnIran #Dubai #UnitedArabEmirates #Iran #TheSuperrich #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #UkNews #WorldNews
Influencers sold the world a fantasy Dubai – and now it’s gone in a puff of missile smoke

The city was portrayed as an aspirational place to live, but now those who moved there are realising the precarity that comes with being an economic migrant, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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World news | The GuardianMar 5
‘Everyone’s calling’: demand for private jets from UK firm soars by up to 300% amid Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/demand-private-jets-iran-war #UsisraelWarOnIran #AirTransport #WorldNews #TheSuperrich #UkNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #ForeignPolicy
‘Everyone’s calling’: demand for private jets from UK firm soars by up to 300% amid Iran war

Insider says demand is far outstripping supply and calls for creation of air bridges to evacuate people from Middle East

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Environment | The Guardian USMar 3
‘A viable alternative’: UN rapporteur outlines plan for redistributive global economy https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/03/un-de-schutter-outlines-plan-for-redistributive-global-economy #Environment #Economics #UnitedNations #WorldNews #EconomicPolicy #IntergovernmentalPanelOnClimateChangeIpcc #TheSuperrich #Inequality
Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert

Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

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World news | The GuardianFeb 14
Record 1,000 UK taxpayers under 30 earned more than £1m last year https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/14/record-1000-uk-taxpayers-under-30-earned-more-than-1m-last-year #Money #UkNews #SocialMedia #Hmrc #Accountancy #DigitalMedia #TheSuperrich
Record 1,000 UK taxpayers under 30 earned more than £1m last year

HMRC figures show 11% rise in young million-pound earners, with influencers and tech pay cited as key

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Opinion | The Guardian USFeb 13
Trump, Musk and now UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe – they are the enablers, making racists feel great again | Jonathan Freedland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/13/donald-trump-elon-musk-jim-ratcliffe-making-racists-feel-great-again #Race #TheSuperrich #UkNews #TheFarRight
Trump, Musk and now UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe – they are the enablers, making racists feel great again

With their profile and vile words, these malign provocateurs are tearing down decency’s guardrails, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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World news | The GuardianFeb 5
‘Dubai sells itself’: real-estate boom as entrepreneurs and fortune hunters arrive https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/dubai-real-estate-fortune-hunters-entrepreneurs-population #Dubai #RealEstate #TheSuperrich #IncomeTax #Banking #UnitedArabEmirates #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Business #Tax #Migration #Cryptocurrencies #Money
‘Dubai sells itself’: real-estate boom as entrepreneurs and fortune hunters arrive

City-state grows by 200,000 people a year as professional migrants are attracted from UK, Europe, US and Russia

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US news | The GuardianFeb 3
‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/epstein-silicon-valley #JeffreyEpstein #SiliconValley #ElonMusk #JeffBezos #LarryPage #SergeyBrin #EvanWilliams #BillGates #MarissaMayer #MichaelWolff #StephenHawking #AndrewMountbattenwindsor #BillClinton #PeterGabriel #NoamChomsky #MohammedBinSalman #TheSuperrich #UsNews #WorldNews
‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison

Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal

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