Article in IPS by Omar Ocampo, 12/3/24
Headline: “Twelve U.S. Billionaires Now Have a Combined $2 Trillion”
Subhead: “Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins the oligarchic dozen, which have more influence over media and politics than ever. “
“The collective net worth of America’s top twelve billionaires has surpassed $2 trillion as of December 3.”
“. . . Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, along with others in the billionaire class, have unsurprisingly used the power of their wealth to expand their political and economic influence. They have both purchased large media platforms, which has granted them the ability to set the terms of public debate with the hopes of influencing public opinion in their favor. ”
https://ips-dc.org/twelve-u-s-billionaires-now-have-a-combined-2-trillion/