King Charles Wealth Increase: How His Fortune Grew to $900 Million in 2026
King Charles’s net worth went up again this year, and the headlines did what royal wealth headlines always do: threw out a number without saying which pot of money it came from. Some outlets quoted roughly $900 million. Others cited a figure with three extra zeros, because they’d folded in assets the King isn’t actually […]
How Can the Government Reduce the Wealth Gap in a Mixed Market Economy?
The gap between America’s richest households and everyone else is no longer a talking point for economics classrooms it is a measurable, worsening feature of daily life. Federal Reserve data through early 2026 shows the top 1% of U.S. households now hold roughly 31% of the nation’s wealth, while the bottom half of all households […]