For those who can have anything, the ultimate prize is sometimes nothing. Nothing around them, that is, except the land they ...

Haircuts for dogs that cost more than $1,000. Watch prices that are up double digits from last year thanks to connoisseurs bidding them up. These are just some of the ways that wealthy Americans are ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Defending the rich nowadays is a tricky business. Vulture capitalists have given the rich a very bad name, especially as some don’t build ...

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In New York, lawmakers are considering a pied-à-terre tax on second homes worth $5 million or more. It’s part of a growing wave of legislation focused on taxing the rich. But some wealthy people ...

A billionaire acquaintance of mine who moved from Manhattan to Miami during the pandemic was talking with me recently about New York City’s proposed pied-à-terre tax—an annual surcharge on second ...

Even the threat of losing a $6 billion economic development project will not make New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani apologize for making hedge fund owner Ken Griffin the poster boy for his ...

From rare Rolexes and Birkin bags to multimillion-dollar art collections, wealthy borrowers are unlocking quick cash from luxury assets—skipping banks and paperwork in favor of speed and discretion.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has new plans to meet the $5.4 billion budget deficit – and capitalists everywhere are furious. On April 15, Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new proposal ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani waves during an address marking his first hundred days in office, April 12, 2026, at the Knockdown Center in New York. Credit: Andres Kudacki/AP Photo Six months ...

On the Wednesday, March 25, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: America’s wealth gap is exploding, with the top 0.1% pulling far ahead. As calls for a wealth tax grow louder, USA TODAY Personal ...

This is a great and long overdue direction for the Democratic Party to go in. “Billionaires are hoarding their wealth to corrupt our politics and entrench their own power,” Indivisible co-executive ...