The K-shaped Christmas: wealthy few drive holiday spending splurge while many struggle to get by https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/07/stock-prices-fuel-christmas-us-economy #Thesuper-rich #Unemployment #DonaldTrump #Inequality #USpolitics #USeconomy #Inflation #Christmas #Economics #Business #NewYork #Poverty #USnews

Record numbers becoming billionaires through inheritance, UBS report finds https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/04/record-numbers-becoming-billionaires-through-inheritance-ubs-report-finds #Taxandspending #Thesuper-rich #Switzerland #Inequality #Richlists #Business #Banking #UBS

What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/20/wealth-tax-left-super-rich-britain-budget-2025 #Taxandspending #Thesuper-rich #Budget2025 #Inequality #Economics #Politics #UKnews

‘May I meet you?’ is just the latest in horrible dating advice from billionaires | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/19/bill-ackman-billionaire-pickup-line #JeffreyEpstein #Thesuper-rich #Lifeandstyle #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #ElonMusk #Dating #USnews

‘May I meet you?’ is just the latest in horrible dating advice from billionaires | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/19/bill-ackman-billionaire-pickup-line #JeffreyEpstein #Thesuper-rich #Lifeandstyle #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #ElonMusk #Dating #USnews

White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/17/grokipedia-elon-musk-far-right-racist #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Thesuper-rich #Antisemitism #Farright(US) #Wikipedia #Worldnews #ElonMusk #Internet #USnews #Race #X

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy #Newspapers&magazines #USpressandpublishing #UStelevisionindustry #Trumpadministration #Televisionindustry #WallStreetJournal #ParamountPictures #Television&radio #WashingtonPost #StephenColbert #Thesuper-rich #RupertMurdoch #DonaldTrump #NewYorkPost #WarnerBros #Newspapers #Technology #USpolitics #JeffBezos #Meta

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/bill-gates-climate-crisis-billionaire-essay-cop30 #Renewableenergy #Climatecrisis #Thesuper-rich #Greeneconomy #Environment #DonaldTrump #BillGates #USnews #Cop30

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/08/bill-gates-climate-crisis-billionaire-essay-cop30 #Renewableenergy #Climatecrisis #Thesuper-rich #Greeneconomy #Environment #DonaldTrump #BillGates #USnews #Cop30

‘Musk is Tesla and Tesla is Musk’ – why investors are happy to pay him $1tn https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/07/tesla-why-us-investors-are-happy-to-pay-elon-musk-1-trillion #Electric,hybridandlow-emissioncars #Executivepayandbonuses #Corporategovernance #Automotiveindustry #Technologysector #Self-drivingcars #Thesuper-rich #Technology #Worldnews #ElonMusk #Business #Motoring #USnews #Tesla

Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires | Zoe Williams https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/05/billie-eilish-billionaires-super-rich #MarkZuckerberg #Thesuper-rich #BillieEilish #Worldnews #Culture #UKnews #USnews #Music

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/wealth-billionaires-increase-trump #Trumpadministration #USincomeinequality #Thesuper-rich #DonaldTrump #Inequality #USpolitics #Economics #Business #USnews #Oxfam

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/wealth-billionaires-increase-trump #Trumpadministration #USincomeinequality #Thesuper-rich #DonaldTrump #Inequality #USpolitics #Economics #Business #USnews #Oxfam

The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/trump-cost-ballroom-government-shutdown #USfederalgovernmentshutdown2025 #USfederalgovernmentshutdowns #USdomesticpolicy #Thesuper-rich #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USpolitics #Democrats #Worldnews #USnews

‘Cable Cowboy’ John Malone to step down from his media empire https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/29/cable-cowboy-john-malone-retires-media #Telecommunicationsindustry #LibertyGlobal #RupertMurdoch #Thesuper-rich #Mediabusiness #LibertyMedia #VirginMedia #JohnMalone #FormulaOne #Worldnews #Business #USnews #UKnews #Media

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/americas-super-rich-running-down-planet-safe-climate-spaces-oxfam #Greenhousegasemissions #Parisclimateagreement #Carbonfootprints #Climatecrisis #Thesuper-rich #Environment #Fossilfuels #Inequality #Worldnews #UKnews #USnews #Oxfam #Cop30

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/americas-super-rich-running-down-planet-safe-climate-spaces-oxfam #Greenhousegasemissions #Parisclimateagreement #Carbonfootprints #Climatecrisis #Thesuper-rich #Environment #Fossilfuels #Inequality #Worldnews #UKnews #USnews #Oxfam #Cop30

Trump backer Timothy Mellon identified as donor of $130m for US troop pay during government shutdown https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/25/timothy-mellon-donor-military-pay-shutdown #USfederalgovernmentshutdown2025 #USfederalgovernmentshutdowns #Thesuper-rich #Republicans #DonaldTrump #USmilitary #USpolitics #USnews

Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making | David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/12/bari-weisss-cbs-news-50-years-in-the-making #UStelevisionindustry #USpressandpublishing #Televisionindustry #Thesuper-rich #UStelevision #Newspapers #Business #Media

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/06/billionaire-class-us-inequality #Thesuper-rich #USpolitics #Worldnews #USnews