Millionaires for Humanity

@mills4humanity.bsky.social

A group of wealthy individuals advocating for a global wealth tax to reduce inequality and fund solutions to global challenges like poverty, climate change, and healthcare.

The hardest working person in the world will never make a billion dollars. Why? Because the current system doesn’t reward effort, it rewards existing capital. As Pete Buttigieg bluntly put it: "Right now, the easiest way to get a billion dollars is to have $10 million—and do nothing." #WealthTax

The math is simple: we cannot fix public finances while billionaire wealth skyrockets under historically low tax rates. 📉 Gabriel Zucman explains why asking the ultra-wealthy to contribute more isn’t radical—it’s necessary economic stewardship to fund our shared future. 💼⚖️ #WealthTax

Research into "the psychology of wealth" suggests that extreme financial success can rewire our brains, often at the cost of empathy and social connection. Read more about what extreme wealth does to the human psyche in this piece from Intelligencer. ⬇️

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We are proud to see the "Time to Win" campaign making headlines in The Guardian. Our joint open letter—signed by nearly 400 people incl. Mark Ruffalo, Abigail Disney, and Brian Eno—calls on global leaders at Davos to finally address the toxic concentration of extreme wealth.

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