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We're living in a hyper-extreme phase of inequality, made intentionally mysterious.
burnedbybillionaires.com
is here to de-mystify it! We'll continue this convo tomorrow (Wed 11/05) from 7 to 8:30 at
@phoenixbooks.biz
. Join us if you're near Burlington! Get tix here:
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
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Shelley O’Connell-Butler 🍷 🇺🇦
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And just exactly how much consumer fleecing does it take to produce the likes of this?
#StopTheBillionaires
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John Bito
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The vet that I went to for over a decade sold out. Who has a vet that doesn't work for a profit-hungry corporation, anymore?
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Have you needed veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years and noticed higher costs for vaccines & routine exams? It's no coincidence: Billionaires are burning you. ⏰Check out my recent article in
@thenation.com
:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
đź“–Then read
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
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The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
And they want to make bigger profits.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/oligarchy-pets-corporations-capitalism/
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Are you feeling the Billionaire Burn? (Spoiler: We all are!) My new book Burned By Billionaires is available now!
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Join our book event in Burlington on 11/5:
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
And our book event in Norwich on 11/6:
www.norwichbookstore.com/events/35637...
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Justin Schein
22 days ago
On top of tax-breaks & loopholes for the wealthy, Trump is now defunding the IRS. Life is good for the super-rich, at the expense of everyone else. Cartoon from the wonderful book
#Burnedbybillionaires
by
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
Drawn by Jason Patterson
@itep.org
@patrioticmillionaires.org
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For 1 minute, follow the Roadmap to Richistan to learn some of what I explore in my new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
: The ultra-wealthy got there by exploiting all of us, and we can stop them together. Read it, protest, put out the flames:
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
#Inequality
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Since THE
@nancymaclean.bsky.social
, author of Democracy In Chains, recommends my new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
, you should definitely check it out!
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GLEN JACKSON
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“I'm thrilled to share that my latest book,
#BurnedbyBillionaires
, has just been released! 🔥 It's a look at how the ultrawealthy are ruining our economy, society, and planet, and what we might be able to do about it.
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
www.chuckcollinswrites.com
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HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth & Power are Ruining our Lives & Planet!
@laurenaratani.bsky.social
says it; I'm "optimistic that there can be change," especially with coverage like this:
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Buy now:
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/06/billionaire-class-us-inequality
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Honored to share a
#BurnedByBillionaires
blurb from Brooke Harrington, Professor of Sociology @ Dartmouth (
@ebharrington.bsky.social
): “An electrifying call to action… Should be required reading for all our elected representatives.” Check it out, on shelves 10/08!
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
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Institute for Policy Studies
about 1 month ago
NEW: “[The wealthy] have bought their jets, they've bought their mansions, but now they’re buying senators and media outlets.” In a new interview with
@laurenaratani.bsky.social
in
@us.theguardian.com
, IPS scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
lays out the "chapter of hyper-extraction" that we're entering:
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/06/billionaire-class-us-inequality
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Janet Gornick
about 1 month ago
New book alert!
#Inequality
scholars:, don't miss Chuck Collins' new book: Burned by Billionaires. It's both breezy and fact-filled. "An economy that funnels wealth to billionaires ... fuels division and civil discord."
@inequality.org
@thenewpress.bsky.social
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
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Burned by Billionaires - The New Press
An exposé of the hidden impact of America’s überwealthy on the country’s economy, environmental health, housing market, and political system Even if you don’t begrudge the ultrarich their multiple va...
https://thenewpress.org/books/burned-by-billionaires/?v=eb65bcceaa5f
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My new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
was the 🔥hot topic🔥at the Make Billionaires Pay march in NYC. Read it and put out the flames. On shelves OCTOBER 8:
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
#MakeBillionairesPay
#Oligarchy
@thenewpress.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Institute for Policy Studies
about 2 months ago
NEW: In his latest book, BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES, IPS senior scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
lays out his life's research on the detailed harms and solutions of wealth concentration in an "electrifying call to action." Get 30% off if you pre-order before October 1:
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Get 30% Off Chuck Collins’ New Book! - Institute for Policy Studies
Get 30% Off Chuck Collins’ New Book!
https://ips-dc.org/get-30-off-chuck-collins-new-book/
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Michael E. Mann
about 1 month ago
"Science Under Siege & Burned by Billionaires: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy" | I spoke with Francesca Rheannon of the
@writersvoice.bsky.social
podcast about my new book with
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
,
#ScienceUnderSiege
:
www.writersvoice.net/2025/09/scie...
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SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE & BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, we look at two urgent threats to our world: the assault on science and the concentration of wealth. …
https://www.writersvoice.net/2025/09/science-under-siege-burned-by-billionaires-michael-mann-and-chuck-collins-on-defending-truth-and-democracy/
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Institute for Policy Studies
about 1 month ago
NEW: Even before Trump stepped in to help them, private equity has been destabilizing our economy — including by worsening the housing crisis, as IPS scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
shows in his new book, Burned by Billionaires.
@timothynoah.bsky.social
in
@newrepublic.com
:
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The Financial Sector Was Tottering Even Before Trump
The president is making it worse, of course. But as private equity sweats to bring ever higher returns to billionaires, it risks beggaring you and me.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200901/financial-sector-tottering-private-equity
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Cat9
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#WealthInequality
#Oligarchy
In his new book Burned by Billionaires, inequality researcher Chuck Collins argues that the system that perpetuates wealth inequality is purposely opaque to most Americans. * 10% of the population owns 93% of stock market wealth.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/06/billionaire-class-us-inequality
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Institute for Policy Studies
about 1 month ago
WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. OnÂ
@wgbh.org
, IPS scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
exposes the problem: There is no possible way to scale these fuels nationally. Learn more at
spje.org
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At 7 pm on Thurs. November 20, I'll be at @odysseybks in South Hadley, MA! Less than a month until
#BurnedByBillionaires
hits bookshelves:
thenewpress.org/books/burned-by-billionaires
It's a free event but spots will fill up, so make sure to reserve yours ASAP!
www.odysseybks.com/event/chuck-...
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https://www.odysseybks.com/event/chuck-collins-person-0
about 2 months ago
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Burlington friends! The New Press releases my book "Burned by Billionaires" on Oct. 7:
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
That gives you almost a month to read it before my evening chat at Phoenix Books Burlington on Nov. 5. Get your tickets now!
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
#WealthInequality
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