Tag: Billionaires
The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
“Who wants to live forever?” Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queen’s 1986 song of the...
Saving the news media means moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires
Rodney Benson, New York University and Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
For the journalism industry, 2024 is off to...
Chef Bill Granger’s inadvertent legacy – the avocado toast meme
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
On Christmas Day 2023, world-renowned Australian chef and restaurateur Bill Granger died at 54.
As the billionaires gather at Davos, it’s worth examining what’s become...
John Quiggin, The University of Queensland
Gathering for their annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland this...
What Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s canceled cage match says about...
Kristen Barber, University of Missouri-Kansas City
While the cage fight between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon...
Dead billionaires whose foundations are thriving today can thank Henry VIII...
Nuri Heckler, University of Nebraska Omaha
More than 230 of the world’s wealthiest people, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates...
Yes, US economy may be slowing, but don’t forget it’s coming...
D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University
The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank in the first quarter, according to gross domestic...
‘Tax the rich’? Democrats’ plans to make the wealthy pay a...
Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley and Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley
Demanding tax increases on the rich...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 years after abortion rights were overturned, contraception access is at risk
Cynthia H. Chuang, Penn State and Carol S. Weisman, Penn State
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court...
