Jun 30, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
It happened on Friday, June 12, 2026: Elon Musk, sooner than almost anyone expected, became a trillionaire. With so much written about this, it may not be necessary to say that a trillion dollars is one-million millions. But if you can agree with me that $50 million...
May 26, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
Are you feeling the bbgb’s (my version of the heebie-jeebies, relating to the Bad Billionaire/Good Billionaire debate)? There have been a lot of efforts lately to convince us that there is such a thing as a good billionaire, and not just by billionaires. The arguments...
Apr 28, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
In the 1966 movie Harper starring Paul Newman, there is a line that my memory ranks as one of the top 10 or so all-time best—”You’ve got a way of starting conversation that ends conversation!” That’s what it frequently feels like when I try to talk to...
Mar 31, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers? Well, not all others, but it is the only time this century that Passover falls on April 1 (for you trivia buffs, it happened 5 times in the 20th century). I grew up enjoying the Passover celebration: it brought...
Feb 24, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
I have been so repulsed by the Epstein revelations that I was certain I wouldn’t write about them. But how could I not add my voice to the chorus of people pointing to this as one of the best (worst) examples of the consequences of greed and extreme wealth. When those...
Jan 27, 2026 | Excessive Wealth Disorder Blog
If one ever wanted to know why extreme wealth and the people who have it are so bad for America, we now have a case study. People are starting to feel the effects of one of the cruelest pieces of legislation enacted in our lifetimes, the OBBBA, the One Big...
