Aspen Anti-Billionaire Society

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A community dedicated to spreading awareness of the negative impacts of the billionaire class, especially the 250 richest people on the planet

We believe that the existence of the 0.01% comes at a cost to the rest of us, even multi-millionaires, and hope to spread awareness of this problem among the 1% (who have the most resources to affect change)

All discussion and links related to wealth inequality and related activism are welcome. We hope that this community can serve as an easily accessible repository of information about wealth inequality

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Raising the Minimum Wage Through Tax Policy - Emmanuel Saez (Professor of Econ, UC Berkley) and Gabriel Zucman (eml.berkeley.edu)

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Interesting paper that offers one perspective of using tax policy to achieve the same overall effect as a minimum wage increase, and worth some discussion IMO. Link is directly to a pdf of the paper itself

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/

Emmanuel Saez has a lot of interesting work I am still looking through, but here is a collection for anyone interested. His work primarily focuses on designing/analyzing public policy initiatives, especially to tackle wealth inequality and create a more equitable taxation system