Intelligent, constructive & thought-provoking new piece by Gabriel Zucman, a professor of economics, including “When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life & death.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/16/trillionaires-dire-democracy
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
