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Ordinary people are asked to carry a #climate bill they did not create

Report highlights current climate policy focuses on individual consumption, while overlooking #emissions linked to extreme #wealth & #carbon-intensive investments.

Are you done watching billionaires hoard wealth and power while the world drowns in growing inequality and climate chaos?

Add your name today to #TaxTheSuperRich!

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/tax-the-super-rich/?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

Tax the super-rich - Greenpeace International

We urge governments to tax the super-rich and support fair global tax rules to protect the future of people and the planet.

Greenpeace International

MediaFaro Analysis 3h ago

It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?

2-8A Rutland Gate had jewel-encrusted bathroom suites and gold wastepaper bins in its 45 rooms, but has lain empty for years.

With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment of this palace tell us about the UK?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260610-it-was-britains-most-expensive-house-why-is-its-only-resident-a-homeless-man-who-lives-on-the-porch?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UK #Housing #Homelessness #Wealth #Poverty #Property #RealEstate #London

It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?

2-8A Rutland Gate had jewel-encrusted bathroom suites and gold wastepaper bins in its 45 rooms, but has lain empty for years. With many people desperate for secure housing, what does …

The Guardian

WIST Quotations 12h ago

A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA:                      They say the gods themselves
   Are moved by gifts, and gold does more with men than words.

ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:                     Πείθειν δῶρα καὶ θεοὺς λόγος:
   Χρυσὸς δὲ κρείσσων μυρίων λόγων βροτοῖς.

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 964ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84367/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #avarice #bribe #corruption #gods #gold #greed #humannature #influence #money #wealth

Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 964ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: They say the gods themselves Are moved by gifts, and gold does more with men than words. ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:Πείθειν δῶρα καὶ θεοὺς λόγος: Χρυσὸς δὲ κρείσσων μυρίων λόγων βροτοῖς. (Source (Greek)). Other translations: The Gods themselves By gifts are sway'd, as fame relates; and gold Hath a far greater influence…

WIST Quotations

Frankie ✅17h ago

'The golden years are not golden': Boomers are hoarding most of America's wealth and power because they're terrified of outliving their money

https://fortune.com/2026/06/07/baby-boomers-strangling-economy-retirement-insecurity-structural-issue/

#news #finance #economy #boomers #wealth

‘The golden years are not golden’: Boomers are hoarding most of America’s wealth and power because they’re terrified of outliving their money

They followed the script—work hard, buy a house, save for retirement. Now millions of boomers feel trapped.

Fortune

NYT > Home Page 22h ago

Billionaires' Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html

#Economy #Wealth #Business

Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever

Elon Musk’s potential new status as a trillionaire demonstrates in real time why there has been such a rapid rise in the concentration of wealth at the top.

The New York Times

MusiqueNow 🇵🇸 ✡️22h ago

#EricGardner: 'Massive Transfer of #Wealth

#SpaceX #IPO

#DemocracyNow

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/9/elon_musk_spacex_ipo

SpaceX IPO Could Make Musk a Trillionaire at Your Expense in “Massive Wealth Transfer”: Eric Gardner

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX is set to go public this week targeting a $1.8 trillion valuation, potentially making it the largest initial public offering in history. It is also projected to make Elon Musk, already the world’s richest man, the world’s first trillionaire. The nonprofit newsroom More Perfect Union has released a new report from business reporter Eric Gardner called “We Uncovered a Hidden Wealth Transfer in the SpaceX IPO. You’re Holding the Bag.” It details how Musk convinced Nasdaq to forgo the usual waiting period to include SpaceX in its index fund, potentially exposing retirement savers to what many professional investors believe will be an overinflated stock price. While Musk and early investors are positioned to see their wealth skyrocket, the SpaceX IPO could hurt these regular investors, says Gardner. “He has essentially financially engineered the IPO as a massive wealth transfer from everyday investors to insiders,” Gardner says of Musk.

Democracy Now!

NYT > World 22h ago

Billionaires' Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html

#Economy #Wealth #Inequality

Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever

Elon Musk’s potential new status as a trillionaire demonstrates in real time why there has been such a rapid rise in the concentration of wealth at the top.

The New York Times

NYT > Business 22h ago

Billionaires' Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html

#Business #Economy #Wealth

Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever

Elon Musk’s potential new status as a trillionaire demonstrates in real time why there has been such a rapid rise in the concentration of wealth at the top.

The New York Times

Kerem's alive ( www.brainywisdom.com )1d ago

What are the most important things needed to live a good life?

What are the most important things needed to live a good life? The answer is kinda the idea behind this blog 😒 Fellow mortals,😂 The only precious wealth we HAVE TO improve is our health! And assuming you agree with that fact, you are likely using your analytical mind healthily That skill and good quality of health should open the door to achieving financial wealth if you play your cards right 💪 We, humans, think that we can’t survive without social wealth, and my existence […]

https://kddotpage.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/what-are-the-most-important-things-needed-to-live-a-good-life/

Maximilien Danton 1d ago

The paradox of affluence: When success is silently expensive - Moneyweb

I just think this is what I call #smaugsyndrome . People who hoard wealth are fundamentally insecure. That is why they do it. They are wealthy because they fired those thousand employees, bought their friends a box of chocolates for their birthday and screwed the rest of us so they would pay zero tax.

Extreme #wealth is a mental disorder. Nobody who is worth a billion dollars is mentally healthy. 🧵

https://www.moneyweb.co.za/financial-advisor-views/the-paradox-of-affluence-when-success-is-silently-expensive/