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Billionaires

An illustration of a spacecraft leaving Earth | Illustration: titoOnz/Alamy

Travel

The Final Vacation Frontier

For just $55 million, you can book a weeklong vacation on the International Space Station. It's not exactly an all-inclusive beach resort.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.16.2025 6:00 AM

Zohran Mamdani | Derek French/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

New York

Can Wall Street Survive a Socialist Mayor?

If Zohran Mamdani turns socialist rhetoric into policy, New York’s financial giants may not stick around to see how that plays out.

Jared Dillian | 7.23.2025 1:50 PM

Cory Michael Smith, Steve Carrell, Jason Schwartzman, and Ramy Youssef in "Mountainhead" | Home Box Office/Mountainhead

Movies

Mountainhead Is a Shallow Satire of Tech Billionaires

A zippy script can't make up for a lack of insight.

Peter Suderman | 6.4.2025 1:05 PM

Trump and Harris debate as shown on a screen | Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA/Newscom

Election 2024

Trump, Harris Ads Make Clear They Won't Be Cutting Government

Both candidates are making a final big government, populist pitch to undecided voters.

Christian Britschgi | 10.23.2024 4:10 PM

John Stossel and Robert Reich | Stossel TV

Economics

Robert Reich Is Wrong About Billionaires—and Almost Everything Else

His ideas would leave us poorer and less free.

John Stossel | 9.25.2024 11:10 AM

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. J.B. Pritzker in front of a stack of cash | Illustration: Lex Villena; adapted from TANNEN MAURY/UPI/Newscom Nathan Howard/Sipa USA/Newscom

Democratic Party

How Does the Democratic Party Actually Feel About Billionaires?

Sen. Bernie Sanders calls them "oligarchs," while Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets cheers when touting his own billionaire status.

Joe Lancaster | 8.21.2024 3:45 PM

Trump, Biden, and Harris are the reason the national debt is so high. | Illustration: Adani Samat

Debt

The Real Economic Catastrophe Will Be Caused by the U.S. Debt

Should we blame Biden and the politicians applauding him for their unwillingness to address our looming fiscal disaster?

Brian Riedl | 8.6.2024 11:40 AM

John Stossel is seen in front of stacks of 0 bills | Stossel TV

National Debt

The National Debt Is Now So High That Every American Essentially Owes $100,000

We could grow our way out of our debt burden if politicians would limit spending increases to just below America's average yearly economic growth. But they won't even do that.

John Stossel | 6.19.2024 2:24 AM

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Taxes

Phil Magness: Who Really Pays the Most Taxes?

Economist and author Phil Magness debunks a recent New York Times piece and shoddy academic work about the rich and their taxes.

Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 5.16.2024 1:00 PM

John Fisher, owner of the Athletics | Hector Amezcua/TNS/Newscom

Crony Capitalism

Poll: A Majority of Las Vegas Voters Don't Want To Pay for Athletics' New Stadium

The team's owner, John Fisher, may have overestimated Las Vegas residents' enthusiasm for a new baseball team.

Varad Raigaonkar | 4.12.2024 12:57 PM

krtphotoslive938467 | Tammy Ljungblad/TNS/Newscom

Crony Capitalism

Taxpayers Refuse To Pay New Stadium Expenses for Billionaire Sports Owners

Jackson County, Missouri, voted not to extend a sales tax that would have benefited the Chiefs and the Royals.

Varad Raigaonkar | 4.3.2024 3:45 PM

Arrowhead Stadium | Image of Sport/Newscom

Crony Capitalism

Taxpayers Will Soon Find Out if They'll Have To Finance Fancy Stadiums for the Chiefs and the Royals

Jackson County, Missouri, residents should not be billed for the undertakings of private businesses.

Varad Raigaonkar | 3.29.2024 3:52 PM

Davos | Andy Barton/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Taxes

Tax Us, Daddy?

Plus: Polycules go mainstream, DeSantis pulls out, tackle football lives on, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 1.18.2024 9:30 AM

John Stossel is seen holding a bomb | Stossel TV

Entitlements

Social Security and Medicare Are Ticking Time Bombs

Even taking all the money from every billionaire wouldn't cover our coming bankruptcy.

John Stossel | 5.31.2023 12:30 PM

interview | Photo: Ethan Pines/The Forbes Collection/Getty

Artificial Intelligence

Marc Andreessen on A.I., Bitcoin, and Billionaires

Is the A.I. breakthrough for real this time?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.28.2023 6:00 AM

"Billionaires shouldn't exist!" say American lefties when arguing for instituting a wealth tax. Now, in Norway, they won't. | Illustration: Lex Villena; Milana Serk

wealth tax

Wealth Taxes Result in Rich People Fleeing, Turns Out

Norway hiked its wealth tax. A bunch of rich people got the hell out.

Liz Wolfe | 5.26.2023 1:05 PM

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas | Credit: Eric Lee/POOL/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

The Reason Roundtable

Is Clarence Thomas Ethically Challenged?

Plus: What the editors hate most about the IRS and tax day

Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Liz Wolfe | 4.17.2023 5:13 PM

minis_knivesout | <em>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</em>Netflix

Movies

Review: The Clumsy Anti-Muskism of Glass Onion

Hating tech billionaires is The Current Thing.

Robby Soave | 3.10.2023 6:00 AM

Biden delivers his State of the Union address. | Ron Sachs - CNP / MEGA / Newscom/RSSIL/Newscom

Taxes

Biden's Terrible Billionaire Tax

By raising the effective tax rate on capital gains, the proposal would reduce U.S. saving, discourage entrepreneurship, and decrease economic output.

Erica York and Alex Muresianu | 2.9.2023 4:20 PM

Kevin McCarthy | CNP/AdMedia/Newscom

Debt Ceiling

Republicans and Democrats Face Impasse Over Cutting Spending Versus Raising Taxes

Plus: Court denies motion to suppress January 6 geofence warrant, Texas may ban some immigrants from buying property, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.7.2023 9:30 AM

Two people are seen at a food bank | Photo 153624307 © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

Charity/Philanthropy

Charity and Capitalism Are Better Than Government

When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.

John Stossel | 12.28.2022 12:10 PM

featurewearegoingtothemoon | Illustration: Nzoka John/iStock

Space

We Are Going to the Moon

Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.

Eric Berger | 11.15.2022 8:00 AM

featurebillionaires | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: dpa Picture Alliance/Alamy, Nareshkumar Shaganti/Alamy, RichardBakerFarnborough/Alamy, NASA

Space

The Case for Space Billionaires

What critics of the private space race get wrong

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.15.2022 8:00 AM

dpaphotosfive682978 |  Aaron Schwartz - CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom

wealth tax

Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About the American 'Oligarchs'

"Multi-billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson are off taking joyrides on their rocket ships to outer space. They are buying $500 million superyachts."

Liz Wolfe | 4.1.2022 10:20 AM

op-1-a-psd | Photo: Heisenberg Media, via Wikimedia Commons

The Reason Roundtable

A Reality Check on Coronavirus, Congress, and Elon Musk's Taxes

Time to stop pretending

Peter Suderman, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Billy Binion | 12.20.2021 5:10 PM

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