Understanding the Oligarch-Driven Economy in Two Articles (Plus a Serious Study)

The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch’s “respectable” fishwrap, takes a look at the Jeff Bezos lifestyle now that he has been anoined as among the “MAGA-friendly”.

Meanwhile, the indispensible Pro Publica brings readers an economic reality check from America’s heartland.

For those of you who wish to take a deep academic dive, there is this paper co-written by the incomparable Thomas Piketty.