The Maximum Wage: A Common-Sense Prescription for Revitalizing America by Taxing the Very Rich Book

	Introduction	1
1	The Rich People Problem	3
	Wealth and Democracy	12
	Wealth and the Economy	17
	Wealth and Character	27
	Wealth and Inevitability	34
2	The Wars Against Wealth	37
	The Roots of the Tax-the-Rich Tradition	41
	Enter the Modern Era	49
	The Rise and Fall of Taxes on the Wealthy	57
	The Lessons of the Past	65
3	The Ten Times Rule	73
	Why a Ten Times Rule?	79
	American Incomes and the Ten Times Rule	85
	Can America Afford the Ten Times Rule?	90
	Opposing the Ten Times Rule	93
4	Life in Ten Times Rule America	97
	The Ten Times Rule and the Old Ballgame	97
	A Multi-Millionaire's Story	99
	Creating Wealth Under the Ten Times Rule	102
	The Ten Times Rule and Poor People	110
	Giving Rich People an Out	114
	Our Character and the Ten Times Rule	116
	An Alternate Scenario	119
	Almost Heaven?	123
5	Toward a Ten Times Rule	127