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CEOs got an 11% pay raise in 2025. Workers got 0.5%
EconomyCEOs got an 11% pay raise in 2025. Workers got 0.5%
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 1, 2026
Justin Trudeau wearing a suit
SuccessJustin Trudeau warns AI boom could create hundreds of trillionaires—and it will mean there’s something ‘fundamentally wrong with the world’
By Preston ForeApril 28, 2026
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
EconomyBillionaire Larry Fink says you’re wrong to think that AI stealing your job is the big problem—it’s really about what it’s doing for his class
By Tristan BoveMarch 24, 2026
Business people on airplane runway
Personal Finance1 in 5 Americans thinks it’s ‘morally wrong’ to be a billionaire—Gen Z in particular finds it distasteful
By Eleanor PringleMarch 19, 2026
The record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
EconomyThe record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
Investing icon Kevin O'Leary
SuccessKevin O’Leary blasts attacks on billionaire entrepreneurs as a ‘huge mistake’—He says they don’t get enough credit for the jobs they’ve created
By Emma BurleighFebruary 4, 2026
Rich young man walking into office
SuccessThe wealthy kids of property-rich U.K. parents get the highest-paying jobs, especially sons—and new research has revealed why
By Emma BurleighJanuary 15, 2026
Outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
SuccessWalmart’s CEO Doug McMillon out-earns the average American’s salary in less than 20 hours—during a typical 30-minute commute, he’s already made $1,563
By Emma BurleighJanuary 9, 2026
A close-up of Mitt Romney
EconomyMitt Romney says the U.S. is on a cliff—and taxing the rich is now necessary ‘given the magnitude of our national debt’
By Dave SmithDecember 22, 2025
James Talarico stands behind a microphone and stares out into the crowd
EconomyJames Talarico says the biggest ‘welfare queens’ in America are ‘the giant corporations that don’t pay a penny in income taxes’
By Dave SmithDecember 20, 2025
Investing and saving
SuccessDespite flak for doom-spending their money, Gen Z may be more prepared for retirement than baby boomers, research reveals
By Jessica CoacciNovember 29, 2025
Donald Trump inauguration
SuccessMeet the world’s 29 ‘super-billionaires’ fueling the wealth gap and boasting a collective fortune of $4 trillion
By Emma BurleighNovember 26, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk
SuccessAmerica’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall
By Emma BurleighNovember 4, 2025
Ray Dalio, Founder and Mentor, Bridgewater Associates and Dalio Family Office
ConferencesRay Dalio says America is developing a ‘dependency’ on the top 1% of workers, while the bottom 60% are struggling and unproductive
By Eleanor PringleOctober 27, 2025
Best Buy’s CEO says growing spending power gap between affluent and poor ‘keeps me up at night’
ConferencesBest Buy’s CEO says growing spending power gap between affluent and poor ‘keeps me up at night’
By Phil WahbaOctober 14, 2025
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