Strategic Real Estate Innovation and the Value of Community Input
In a new interview for CommercialCafe, I discuss the importance of actively including communities in the process of real estate development, and I make the case for creativity and preparedness as essential to weather economic storms as powerful as the COVID pandemic.
A Look Back at "Letter to the One Percent" with Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic
It's been over five years since I published "Letter to the One Percent." In this new podcast episode with Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic, I discuss what's changed, what hasn't, and what we're trying to do about it.
Our American Discourse, Ep. 30: How Do the Rich Spend Their Money and Why Has It Changed?
In this episode, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett helps us walk a mile in the shoes of today’s “aspirational class” and see how they’re spending their wealth...and how it accelerates the rat race for the rest of society.
Watch Me Discuss “Letter to the One Percent” on The Sam Lesante Show -- Again!
My friend Sam Lesante asked me to come back to his talk show to challenge more about my book "Letter to the One Percent". Check out "Part 2" on The Sam Lesante Show to see another vigorous debate...
The Grand Republican Strategy: We Win, You Pay!
No longer can a Republican run for president without admitting that the government must do something about our nation's most pressing problems -- but neither can he ask his friends in the One Percent to pay for it. Thus is born a new slogan: We win, you pay!
Saving Capitalism From a Painful Demise
It is time that we recognize inequality for the negative externality that it is, slowing our productivity growth, roiling our markets with volatility, gridlocking our political system, and starving our economy of willing and able consumers.
Listen to Me Discuss "Letter to the One Percent" with Filippo Voltaggio!
Last year, my friend Filippo Voltaggio interviewed me about my book Letter to the One Percent on his radio show Life Changes with Filippo. Finally, it is available here for you to enjoy...
Speak Up and Give Back if You Want the Economy to Improve
We celebrate the success of the One Percent, and rightly so. All we ask, especially in this time of giving, is for the compassion, the humility, the shared experience that existed only a few decades ago.
No, Education Isn't Enough to Get You Out of the Ghetto
Ross looks around at his fellow One Percenters and sees their education and assumes that's how they got there. It's like the old joke about the guy who was born on third base and assumed he'd hit a triple.
An Open Letter to the One Percent
You are the most powerful citizens of the most powerful country in the world. Your country needs you. You have the influence, the means, and the brainpower to turn this economy around, but you must know the facts. You must hear the cold, hard truth.
My New Book Has Been Published! Just in Time for the Holidays...
"Letter to the One Percent" is exactly what it sounds like: a letter to the richest one percent of American households. It is a call to action, a plea for compassion, and a manifesto for the future.