Chuck Collins
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As heard on NPR's Fresh Air
"This empowering light into a brighter future is a narrative you won't want to miss." – Ralph Nader
"Collins not only talks the talk but walks the walk...this is a worthwhile book to read, digest, and share" – Publishers Weekly
An essential piece of reading for anyone concerned by the increasing wealth inequality–made
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Rae Kelliher is an organizer of rituals and dance parties, a veteran environmental activist, and pioneer in the " death with dignity" movement. Her husband Reggie calls her a " instant party in a box." In 2023, facing down a diagnosis of terminal illness, Rae engages in a shocking suicide murder, taking the life of an oil company CEO for his role in delaying responses to climate disruption. Seven years later, Rae' s friends...
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Over the past thirty years, we've seen a radical redistribution of wealth upward to a tiny fraction of the population. Here, activist Chuck Collins explains how it happened and marshals wide-ranging data to show exactly what the 99/1 percent divide means in the real world and the damage it causes to individuals, businesses, and the earth. Most important, he answers the burning question, what can be done about it? He offers a common-sense guide to...
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YOU CAN'T JUST SAY YOU WANT TO LEVEL UP! YOU NEED THE KEYS TO ENSURE THAT YOUR LIFE GOES TO NEW HEIGHTS! People say they want to go to the next level. They even take necessary actions to begin their journey. However, it takes a "no matter what" mentality to actually take your life to new heights of peace, productivity, and prosperity. Atlanta businessman, Chuck Collins has lived the advice that he shares with readers in his debut book Level Up No...
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This updated edition of the widely touted Economic Apartheid in America looks at the causes and manifestations of wealth disparities in the United States, including tax policy in light of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and recent corporate scandals. Published with two leading organizations dedicated to addressing economic inequality, the book looks at recent changes in income and wealth distribution and examines the economic policies and shifts in power...
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As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor-all while retreating into enclaves that separate them further and further from the poor and working class. On the other side, those who find it increasingly difficult to keep up or...
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For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defense Industry. These "agents of inequality" are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%.
In this book, inequality expert Chuck Collins, who himself inherited a fortune, interviews the leading players and gives a unique insider account of how this industry is doing everything it can to create and entrench hereditary...
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In this eye-opening documentary, filmmaker Jamie Johnson examines the gap that exists between America's poor and the 1 percent of the population that controls half the country's wealth. Johnson, himself an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, interviews America's wealthiest, including Steve Forbes, Paul Orfalea, Nicole Buffet and Chuck Collins. Johnson also looks to the other side of the fence, interviewing farm workers, cab drivers and residents...