Donald Trump Comes Up With Worst Possible Set of Economic Ideas

Apricot variety Donald Trump plans to unveil his bold new economic agenda in a speech today. Many of the worst possible policies, together at last!
Nice Billionaire Employs Not-Nice Millionaires
Because of his homespun folksy manner and affinity for See’s Candies, Warren Buffett has a reputation as a very loveable guy. Not so, some of the people who make him so rich.
“For many Clinton donors, particularly those from the financial sector, the convention is a time to shed what one called the ‘hypersensitivity’ that had previously surrounded their appearance at Mrs. Clinton’s fundraisers.”
World Changing
Almost one third of the people in America now live in counties where non-white people make up the majority of the population. That portion is growing with time.
Rich Man Whose Enormous Boat Once Took a Frenchman's Life Now Also Dead
Thomas “Tom” Perkins—plutocrat, investor, patriot, businessman, innovator, guy once convicted of involuntary manslaughter for ramming a French guy’s small boat with his $130 million, football field-sized yacht and killing him—is dead at 84, the New York Times reports.
Good News! It's Getting Cheaper to Live in Manhattan, if You're Already Rich
Great news for Manhattanites looking to save a few bucks on their next apartment: according to a new report, rents in 40 percent of the market saw a slight downturn last year. Which 40 percent? Why, the top 40 percent, of course.
Now Betting on China's Collapse: George Soros
A financial meltdown in China is the currently the leading contender for “Next global financial crisis that will definitely screw you somehow, even though you don’t have that much money.” We now know that GEORGE SOROS is betting on China’s demise too.
Les Moonves Is the Human Embodiment of Disgustingly Overpaid CEOs
If you wanted to find one single real-life human who embodies the concept of “Overpaid Zillionaire CEO Rich White Guy Con Artist,” you could do no better than CBS chief Les Moonves. Take a bow, Les, you fuck.
Bono’s daughter, Tommy Hilfiger’s daughter, and Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s daughter were among the guests at a recent dinner celebrating Arianna Huffington’s “ubiquitous tome,” Sleep Revolution. Huh. Has anyone actually read this book? Serious question.
David Geffen's Quasi-Undiscovered Instagram Is Mostly Extremely Boring
Entertainment mogul David Geffen has a fascinating interior life. As an old billionaire, he has constantly afforded himself the best young, muscular ass money can buy, and that has tended to get him wrapped up in the juiciest of tabloid dramas. For instance, in 2014 he had to file a restraining order against his…
Warren Buffett Is the Best Argument for Capitalism. Is It Good Enough?
As the “Empire State of Mind” beat filled the packed CenturyLink Arena in Omaha, the chorus slid in: “At Berkshire, financial strength is what dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t dooooo….” The white, middle-aged crowd of investors jammed. Is this is the humble setting from which champions arise?
The Civil War Did Wonders For Economic Mobility Down South
In modern America, the ability to move up the economic food chain is a long shot. One method for shaking up entrenched economic classes that has worked in the past: civil war.
Arianna Huffington Would Like to Remind You She Lives in an Opulent Palace
Media mogul and schmooze artist Arianna Huffington is currently in contract negotiations with her newly unionized employees, and doing her best to piss them off. What better time to show off her fabulous wealth?
A 12,000 square foot Fifth Avenue duplex apartment owned by the recently deceased financier John Gutfreund is on the market for $120 million. That’s where you end up after being run off Wall Street for illegal behavior.
Billionaire son of a bitch Vinod Khosla, who wants to charge the public $30 million to use a beach in California just because he’s a greedhead, rudely blew off an LA Times columnist who he’d agreed to speak to about his greedy-ass position. It is now even more acceptable to dislike Vinod Khosla.
