How Even Our Fictional Billionaires Fail Us

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How Even Our Fictional Billionaires Fail Us
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How Daddy Warbucks, Mr. Monopoly, Jay Gatsby, Scrooge McDuck, and other fictional billionaires stack up against our real ones.

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-19 pandemic started, in early 2020, with inequality now reaching “outrageous” levels, according to anti-poverty charity Oxfam. —As the richest men in the world continue to hoard their wealth, a question arises: Is there such a thing as a moral billionaire? Do we have any models from the world of fiction for how billionaires can effect positive change on our society? Unfortunately, as this list shows, the answer is no.

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