The reluctant millionaires

Why would anyone want to pay more tax? Film-maker, activist and multi-millionaire Disney heiress Abigail Disney presents a very personal introduction to the millionaires campaigning against their own wealth.

From Morehead, Kentucky to Davos, Switzerland, Washington DC to Orlando, Florida, Abigail tells the story of contemporary wealth inequality, focusing particularly on the United States. What harm is wealth inequality doing to society and democracy and what can be done about it?

Featuring members of US millionaire campaign group The Patriotic Millionaires - including founder Erica Payne and ex-Black Rock director Morris Pearl. We also hear from Austrian inheritor and campaigner Marlene Englehorne, Author of The Sum of Us; Heather McGee and inequality expert Chuck Collins as well as Preston Brashers, senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation.

Abigail digs into the history, present reality and possible future of wealth inequality. Can she stay hopeful about a cause she has made her own? Can taxation change the world and are the rich really prepared to surrender their wealth and their power?

Presenter: Abigail Disney
Producer: Michael Umney
Executive producer: Ned Carter Miles
A Just Radio production for BBC World Service

(Photo: Abigail E. Disney. Credit: Roo Castro and Rod Coplin/Grasstaken)