Speaker Information

Global Issues 2012

Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and directs its Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is an expert on U.S. inequality and author of several books, including Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity co-authored with Felice Yeskel. He co-authored with Bill Gates Sr. Wealth and Our Commonwealth, a case for taxing inherited fortunes and preserving the federal estate tax.

He is co-author with Mary Wright of The Moral Measure of the Economy, a book about ethics and economic life. He is co-founder of Wealth for the Common Good, a network of business leaders, high-income households and partners working together to promote shared prosperity and fair taxation. In 1995, he co-founded United for a Fair Economy to raise the profile of the inequality issue and support popular education and organizing efforts to address inequality. He was Executive Director of UFE from 1995-2001 and Program Director until 2005. He is part of the Common Security Club network.