The problem

Oxfam: Survival of the Richest

Oxfam: Inequality Kills

Patriotic Millionaires International: 2024 poll of G20 millionaires

The initiative

Extreme wealth poses a threat to the safety and stability of modern life, from democracy and society to the environment and economy. The extreme wealth line initiative seeks to identify and account for these harms. An extreme wealth line would be underpinned with a set of indicators and used as a counterbalance to the poverty line, informing political action and reframing the conversation on inequality. 

The initiative takes an interdisciplinary approach through academic research, narrative influencing and citizen engagement. The work is driven by a steering group of leading political, economic, and structural inequality thinkers and institutions, working with both a national and international focus.

Working in partnership

See our latest work on the extreme wealth line

A report looking at the risks extreme wealth poses to seven domains of life - democracy, media, law, economy, social cohesion, equality and the environment.

An open letter signed by 370 millionaires and billionaires urging elected leaders to tackle the corrosive impact of extreme wealth on our democracies and broader society.

Research on the attitudes of political figures, policy experts, and millionaires on a threshold for harmful wealth.

Opinions of over 2,900 millionaires across G20 countries on the impact of the super rich on the stability of democracies, control of the media and social media, justice systems, and political integrity.

The extreme wealth line initiative builds on work and research by many others addressing economic inequality

Limitarianism
by Ingrid Robeyns’s

The Triumph of Injustice
by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

How rich is too rich?
A study by Utrecht University

Wealth Gap Risk Register
by the Fairness Foundation

Takers not Makers
a report by Oxfam

Among others.

Contact

If you wish to support the extreme wealth line initiative, get in touch at: mshotter@patrioticmillionaires.org