Tech industry leads the list of the top billionaires in the US, far outpacing the richest athletes and famous celebrities. See who made the list.
Biden's farewell speech warning that oligarchs pose a threat to democracy has echoed a growing problem in the world, economic and historical experts say.
President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday evening to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.
It’ll be quite a spectacle, and one in marked contrast to Trump’s first presidency, when he was widely cold-shouldered. There is, of course, nothing unusual about business attempting to cosy up to an incoming president in the hope of influence,
Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and other tech leaders are providing Trump with a warmer welcome to the White House than eight years ago.
Borrowing from Dwight Eisenhower, he warned of an ascendant “tech-industrial complex,” and that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that really threatens our entire democracy,
President Biden is warning that an "oligarchy" of the "ultra-wealthy" is taking shape in America as big tech CEOS have been warming up to President-elect Trump.
Speaking from the Oval Office as he prepares to hand over power Monday to President-elect Donald Trump, Biden sounded alarm over the accumulation of power and wealth among a small few.
Donald Trump has fired a defiant riposte to Joe Biden’s parting warning that a tech titan oligarchy is threatening America’s democracy. The president-elect has invited the world’s wealthiest billionaires to join his family and former U.
Donald Trump will return to Washington on Saturday to kick off days of pageantry to herald his second inauguration as president.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble.