“With brilliant insight & gripping prose, Chuck Collins tells like it is! You’ll jump out of your seat with clear vision and new energy for democracy with fairness for all.”
- Bestselling author @francesmoorelappe.bsky.social recommending my new book #BurnedByBillionaires (burnedbybillionaires.com)

On Thurs. 11/13, the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice (clbsj.org) will host an online conversation between co-founder Ched Myers and me! We've both written prolifically on how folks are burned and fooled by billionaires and affluenza. Register in advance: clbsj.org/events/2025/...

On Thursday, November 20 at 7 pm, I'll be coming to @odysseybks.bsky.social in Pioneer Valley MA to talk all things #BurnedbyBillionaires.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/chuck-coll...
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We're living in a hyper-extreme phase of inequality, made intentionally mysterious. burnedbybillionaires.com is here to de-mystify it! We'll continue this convo tomorrow (Wed 11/05) from 7 to 8:30 at @phoenixbooks.biz. Join us if you're near Burlington! Get tix here: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...

And just exactly how much consumer fleecing does it take to produce the likes of this? #StopTheBillionaires

The vet that I went to for over a decade sold out. Who has a vet that doesn't work for a profit-hungry corporation, anymore?

The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets And they want to make bigger profits.

Have you needed veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years and noticed higher costs for vaccines & routine exams? It's no coincidence: Billionaires are burning you.

⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com

Are you feeling the Billionaire Burn? (Spoiler: We all are!) My new book Burned By Billionaires is available now! www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Join our book event in Burlington on 11/5: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
And our book event in Norwich on 11/6: www.norwichbookstore.com/events/35637...

On top of tax-breaks & loopholes for the wealthy, Trump is now defunding the IRS. Life is good for the super-rich, at the expense of everyone else. Cartoon from the wonderful book #Burnedbybillionaires by @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social Drawn by Jason Patterson @itep.org @patrioticmillionaires.org

For 1 minute, follow the Roadmap to Richistan to learn some of what I explore in my new book #BurnedByBillionaires: The ultra-wealthy got there by exploiting all of us, and we can stop them together. Read it, protest, put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com #Inequality

Since THE @nancymaclean.bsky.social, author of Democracy In Chains, recommends my new book #BurnedByBillionaires, you should definitely check it out!

“I'm thrilled to share that my latest book, #BurnedbyBillionaires, has just been released! 🔥
It's a look at how the ultrawealthy are ruining our economy, society, and planet, and what we might be able to do about it.
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
www.chuckcollinswrites.com

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed

HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth & Power are Ruining our Lives & Planet! @laurenaratani.bsky.social says it; I'm "optimistic that there can be change," especially with coverage like this: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...

Honored to share a #BurnedByBillionaires blurb from Brooke Harrington, Professor of Sociology @ Dartmouth (@ebharrington.bsky.social): “An electrifying call to action… Should be required reading for all our elected representatives.” Check it out, on shelves 10/08!
thenewpress.org/books/burned...

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed

NEW: “[The wealthy] have bought their jets, they've bought their mansions, but now they’re buying senators and media outlets.”

In a new interview with @laurenaratani.bsky.social in @us.theguardian.com, IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social lays out the "chapter of hyper-extraction" that we're entering:

Burned by Billionaires - The New Press An exposé of the hidden impact of America’s überwealthy on the country’s economy, environmental health, housing market, and political system Even if you don’t begrudge the ultrarich their multiple va...

New book alert! #Inequality scholars:, don't miss Chuck Collins' new book: Burned by Billionaires. It's both breezy and fact-filled. "An economy that funnels wealth to billionaires ... fuels division and civil discord."
@inequality.org
@thenewpress.bsky.social

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My new book #BurnedByBillionaires was the 🔥hot topic🔥at the Make Billionaires Pay march in NYC. Read it and put out the flames. On shelves OCTOBER 8: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
#MakeBillionairesPay #Oligarchy @thenewpress.bsky.social

Get 30% Off Chuck Collins’ New Book! - Institute for Policy Studies Get 30% Off Chuck Collins’ New Book!

NEW: In his latest book, BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES, IPS senior scholar @chuck77.bsky.social lays out his life's research on the detailed harms and solutions of wealth concentration in an "electrifying call to action."

Get 30% off if you pre-order before October 1:

SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE & BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, we look at two urgent threats to our world: the assault on science and the concentration of wealth. …

"Science Under Siege & Burned by Billionaires: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy" | I spoke with Francesca Rheannon of the @writersvoice.bsky.social podcast about my new book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege: www.writersvoice.net/2025/09/scie...

The Financial Sector Was Tottering Even Before Trump The president is making it worse, of course. But as private equity sweats to bring ever higher returns to billionaires, it risks beggaring you and me.

NEW: Even before Trump stepped in to help them, private equity has been destabilizing our economy — including by worsening the housing crisis, as IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social shows in his new book, Burned by Billionaires.

@timothynoah.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com:

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed

#WealthInequality #Oligarchy

In his new book Burned by Billionaires, inequality researcher Chuck Collins argues that the system that perpetuates wealth inequality is purposely opaque to most Americans.

* 10% of the population owns 93% of stock market wealth.

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. On @wgbh.org, IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social exposes the problem: There is no possible way to scale these fuels nationally.

Learn more at spje.org.

At 7 pm on Thurs. November 20, I'll be at @odysseybks in South Hadley, MA! Less than a month until #BurnedByBillionaires hits bookshelves: thenewpress.org/books/burned-by-billionaires
It's a free event but spots will fill up, so make sure to reserve yours ASAP! www.odysseybks.com/event/chuck-...

Burlington friends! The New Press releases my book "Burned by Billionaires" on Oct. 7: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
That gives you almost a month to read it before my evening chat at Phoenix Books Burlington on Nov. 5.
Get your tickets now!
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1... #WealthInequality