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...

And just exactly how much consumer fleecing does it take to produce the likes of this? #StopTheBillionaires

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?

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... 📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com

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...

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

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

Since THE @nancymaclean.bsky.social, author of Democracy In Chains, recommends my new book #BurnedByBillionaires, you should definitely check it out!

“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

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...

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...

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:

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...

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

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:

"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...

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:

#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...

WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. On @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.

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-...

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