‘Excessive wealth disorder’: Should the ultra-rich pay more to help solve America’s problems?

‘Excessive wealth disorder’: Should the ultra-rich pay more to help solve America’s problems?

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/21/excessive-wealth-disorder-should-the-ultra-rich-pay-more-to-help-solve-americas-problems/

Boosting taxes on America’s wealthiest people could bring in trillions of dollars to help the country solve its most pressing problems, according to Gabriela Sandoval, executive director of the non-profit Bay Area think tank Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute.

Sandoval, a former sociology professor at UC Santa Cruz, was hired in January at the San Francisco-based think tank founded last year and named after a concept coined by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. She previously worked at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland and became steeped in issues around wealth inequality. “No one wanted to talk about decreasing wealth at the higher end,” says Sandoval.

‘Excessive wealth disorder’: Should the ultra-rich pay more to help solve America’s problems?

Apr 21, 2023, 9:19pm UTC
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/21/excessive-wealth-disorder-should-the-ultra-rich-pay-more-to-help-solve-americas-problems/ > Boosting taxes on America’s wealthiest people could bring in trillions of dollars to help the country solve its most pressing problems, according to Gabriela Sandoval, executive director of the non-profit Bay Area think tank Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute. > Sandoval, a former sociology professor at UC Santa Cruz, was hired in January at the San Francisco-based think tank founded last year and named after a concept coined by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. She previously worked at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland and became steeped in issues around wealth inequality. “No one wanted to talk about decreasing wealth at the higher end,” says Sandoval.