This is as addressable as it is insane: merely redistributing one percent of the richest Americans’ wealth—many billions of dollars—could alleviate tremendous human suffering. And it keeps getting worse. According to Forbes magazine, “In 1987, the [world’s] 140 billionaires had an aggregate net worth of $295 billion.” By 2021, “2,755 billionaires [were] worth $13.1 trillion.”
