Tax the Rich!: How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer

Written by Morris Pearl, Erica Payne and The Patriotic Millionaires

Narrated by Allyson Ryan

The vast majority of Americans-71 percent-believe the economy is rigged in favor of the rich. Guess what? They're right.

How do you rig an economy? You start with the tax code. In Tax the Rich! former BlackRock executive Morris Pearl, the millionaire chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, and Erica Payne, the organization's founder, take listeners on an engaging and enlightening insider's tour of the nation's tax code, explaining exactly how "the rich"-and the politicians they control-manipulate the US tax code to ensure the rich get richer, and everyone else is left holding the bag.

Blunt and irreverent, Tax the Rich! unapologetically dismantles the "intellectual" justifications for a tax code that virtually guarantees destabilizing levels of inequality and consequent social unrest. Infographics, charts, cartoons, and lively characters, including "the Werkhardts" and "the Slumps" make a complicated subject accessible (and, yes, sometimes even funny) and illuminate the practical reforms that can put America on the road to stability and shared prosperity before it's too late. Never have the arguments in this book been more timely-or more important.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jun 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666122466

Morris Pearl

Morris Pearl, a former managing director of BlackRock, is chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of hundreds of high-net-worth Americans committed to making all Americans better off by building a more prosperous, stable, and inclusive nation, and ensuring that millionaires, billionaires, and corporations pay their fair share of taxes. He is the co-author, with Erica Payne, of Tax the Rich! and co-author, with John Driscoll, of Pay the People! (both from The New Press) and lives in New York City.

Reviews for Tax the Rich!

[Charles Gerard · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I knew that our tax system was an issue but I had no idea it was that bad. Also that it is not that impossible to fix. The one takeaway that I think is most valuable and important. That to refer to taxing the rich, the wealthy and the Uber wealthy as a radical position is absurd. To continue with the status quo and think that doing so will solve our problems is the Actual Radical Position.