Chuck Collins was born on October 19,1959 and is an American author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good.
11 Facts About Chuck Collins
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Chuck Collins is an expert on economic inequality in the US, and has pioneered efforts to bring together investors and business leaders to speak out publicly against corporate practices and economic policies that increase economic inequality.
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Chuck Collins was involved in social change, including Earth Day 1970.
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Chuck Collins raised money for guide dogs and informed his neighborhood about the environment at a young age.
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Chuck Collins first gained public attention in 1985, when he gave an inheritance of $500,000 to several foundations at the age of 26.
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When his libertarian conservative father Edward learned of his intentions, he was afraid his son was a Marxist, though Chuck Collins instead stated that he would rather be called a "Gandhian or Christian" and later left to live in a commune.
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Chuck Collins is a graduate of Hampshire College, and holds a master's degree from the School of Community Economic Development at Southern New Hampshire University.
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Between 1983 and 1991, Chuck Collins worked at the Institute for Community Economics, based in Greenfield, Massachusetts, providing technical advice to community land trusts and mobile home resident cooperatives.
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At the Institute for Policy Studies, Chuck Collins research has looked at income and wealth inequality and the racial wealth divide.
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Chuck Collins has co-authored a number of studies including "Billionaire Bonanza" exploring the share of wealth flowing to the top 1 percent and Forbes 400, and the "Ever Growing Gap", which examines the future of the racial wealth divide.
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Chuck Collins has written a number of books about inequality, tax policy and social change philanthropy.