Who is brave enough to back Brazil’s global tax on billionaires? The answer will define our future
George Monbiot
They’re ultra-rich – but does it really make them happy?
‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis
Rachel Reeves urged to crack down on wealthy tax avoiders
Super-rich being advised how to avoid Labour tax clampdown, undercover investigation suggests
Follow Robert Reich
Elon Musk is spending millions to elect Trump. Let’s boycott his companies
Robert Reich
Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all
George Monbiot
Our landmark book revealed the cost of inequality. Fifteen years later, things have only got worse
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Money can buy you happiness, says study suggesting more is more
The rich were led to believe they were different. Those days are numbered
Will Hutton
Ambani wedding: guests from Bollywood stars to global statesmen attend lavish event
Ambani wedding: after months of celebrations, the ‘Windsors of India’ finally set to marry
Babyproof a yacht? How the super-rich are turning to the ‘mummy concierge’
Weekend
Actor Kevin Bacon on learning selflessness, the secret lives of porn addicts, and what’s it like to be a private tutor for the rich? – podcast
If the Labour party won’t be the great leveller, what will?
June 2024
‘You get paid well because it’s extremely difficult’: life as a private tutor for the rich
With a job advert offering £2m, one tutor says such roles require huge amounts of commitment
Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies
George Monbiot
If we want the kind of fair, functioning state Britain saw post-1945, we need to take on the economic powers that wrecked it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The booming world of specialised private education for the super-rich
International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study finds
Billionaire first to reach $100m in election donations – to Trump and RFK Jr
