Fortune's Fools: A Pair of One Percenters Who Gave It All Away

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we interview two men who had millions of dollars . . . and chose to give it all away. Chuck Collins and Dariel Garner share their stories of finding the true meaning of wealth, and how they've dedicated their lives to creating more just, equitable, and sustainable economies, wealth, and incomes. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guests:Chuck Collins is great-grandson of 19th-century meatpacking mogul Oscar F. Mayer. He is now the senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, and cofounder of Wealth for the Common Good and Inequality.org. He is the author of numerous books, including 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking The World And What We Can Do About It. He is the coauthor, with William H. Gates, Sr., of the book Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. In his twenties, he gave away his inheritance.Dariel Garner is a serial entrepreneur who has started over forty businesses. He is a former member of the 0.01% and the inspiration for the fictional novel, Billionaire Buddha. Twelve years ago, he gave away his multi-million dollar fortune.Related Links:Chuck Collinshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_CollinsInequality.orghttp://inequality.org/Billionaire Buddha by Rivera Sunhttp://www.riverasun.com/billionaire-buddha/Institute for Policy Studieshttp://www.ips-dc.org/Billionaire Bonanza (statistics on wealth inequality)http://www.ips-dc.org/billionaire-bonanza/The Next Systemhttp://thenextsystem.org/New Economy Coalitionhttp://neweconomy.net/Resilience.orghttp://www.resilience.org/Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgAbout Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timelineRivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/