July 2, 2020 • 60 mins
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies' Program on Inequality and the Common Good and the Co-Editor of Inequality.org. As the grandson of entrepreneur Oscar Mayer, Chuck made the inspiring youth decision to give away his inheritance in order to authentically live a life devoted to addressing inequalities.
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He is the author of the books, "Is Inequality in America Irreversible?" and "Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home and Committing to the Common Good" (Chelsea Green, 2016).
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Collins is co-author, with Bill Gates Sr., of "Wealth and Our Commonwealth", (Beacon Press, 2003), a case for taxing inherited fortunes, and, with Mary Wright, "The Moral Measure of the Economy", a book about Christian ethics and economic life. As an expert on U.S. inequality and the racial wealth divide, his team's Billionaire Bonanza 2020 report continues to gain global traction.
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Timestamps:
6:55 - 9:00 - Chuck talks how our society is judged by least among according to the Bible and that wealth isn’t everything
9:00 - 15:45 - Talking about giving away his inheritance
18:23 - 20:00 - Definition of wealth as archeological history of generational advantage and disadvantage and how this leads to a racial wealth divide
20:45 - 24:00 - how billionaires made more money from the COVID 19 pandemic
27:15 - 29:30 - Charity Stimulus Package
33:00 - 35:30 - Oligarchy and Plutocracy Prevention Program - Surtax - stop distortion of our democracy
38:20 - 42:00 - Global Tax System
44:21 - 48:00 - Current movements exposing white privilege and inequality as America’s preexisting condition
49:50 - 52:00 - How the Media is made up of 6 primary companies and how to break them up
56:10 - 57:57 - Civic Imagination, it does not need to be this way - devote yourself
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He is the author of the books, "Is Inequality in America Irreversible?" and "Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home and Committing to the Common Good" (Chelsea Green, 2016).
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Collins is co-author, with Bill Gates Sr., of "Wealth and Our Commonwealth", (Beacon Press, 2003), a case for taxing inherited fortunes, and, with Mary Wright, "The Moral Measure of the Economy", a book about Christian ethics and economic life. As an expert on U.S. inequality and the racial wealth divide, his team's Billionaire Bonanza 2020 report continues to gain global traction.
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Timestamps:
6:55 - 9:00 - Chuck talks how our society is judged by least among according to the Bible and that wealth isn’t everything
9:00 - 15:45 - Talking about giving away his inheritance
18:23 - 20:00 - Definition of wealth as archeological history of generational advantage and disadvantage and how this leads to a racial wealth divide
20:45 - 24:00 - how billionaires made more money from the COVID 19 pandemic
27:15 - 29:30 - Charity Stimulus Package
33:00 - 35:30 - Oligarchy and Plutocracy Prevention Program - Surtax - stop distortion of our democracy
38:20 - 42:00 - Global Tax System
44:21 - 48:00 - Current movements exposing white privilege and inequality as America’s preexisting condition
49:50 - 52:00 - How the Media is made up of 6 primary companies and how to break them up
56:10 - 57:57 - Civic Imagination, it does not need to be this way - devote yourself
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