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- Title
America's Billionaires: Borrowing Their Way to Ever More Fabulous Fortunes.
- Authors
Pizzigati, Sam
- Abstract
The article discusses the confrontational relation between artist Diego Rivera and Nelson Rockefeller, grandson of world's wealthiest individual, during the 20th century, and mentions the mural of Rivera that depicted disparity between wealthy and working class. Topics discussed include art collections used by billionaires as collateral for loans from banks, increase in loans to rich seen by wealth management department at banks, and wealth tax legislation imposed by senator Elizabeth Warren.
- Subjects
RIVERA, Diego, 1886-1957; ROCKEFELLER, Nelson A., 1908-1979; MURAL art; ART museums; BANK loans; WARREN, Elizabeth, 1949-
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2021, p1
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article