Chuck Collins

Should Billionaires exist?

Is Capitalism the American Dream?

How do we reverse inequality?

• Expert on policy, philanthropy, housing and reparations, Chuck brings solutions on reversing and bridging the economic divide.
• Author of Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good.
• Other books include 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It; co-author with William H. Gates, Sr. of Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes; also co-author of Robin Hood Was Right and Economic Apartheid in America; and co-editor of the new anthology, Class Lives: Stories from the Economic Divide
• Co-chair of Divest – Invest – a diverse network of individuals and organizations focused on divesting from fossil fuels and investing in climate solutions.
• Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute of Policy Studies, creating an equitable and sustainable future. Chuck co-founded United for a Fair Economy and Responsible Wealth and co-founded of Wealth for the Common Good and the Patriotic Millionaires to raise the profile of inequality.