How big a wealth gap is too much?

Harry Shannon I wrote this letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and several members of his cabinet: There is a lot of talk about a wealth tax and about billionaires, but it’s hard for most people to understand just how much money the ultra-wealthy have. Even as a statistician, I have trouble getting to grips with the numbers. So I wan…

How to be a Philanthropist – Part 2: A Look at Some Numbers

Harry Shannon This post follows up Part 1 -  An 11 Step Guide. Recently, MacKenzie Bezos, newly divorced from Amazon's Jeff Bezos, promised to give at least half her $36.6 billion fortune to charity.  In what must be the understatement of the year, she noted "I have a disproportionate amount of money to share." Bezos had just si…