Virtual & in person at the Concord Public Library: How billionaires are burning up the planet and undermining democracy, with implications for the campaign to Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere.
Chuck Collins, is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. Collins has written extensively on the underlying levers that driver the growing wealth gap, and has pioneered efforts to decrease the gap. His most recent book, published in October 2025, is Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet. His research for this book is the subject of the Feb 22nd interview.
Interview by Diane Proctor, President of League of Women Voters Concord-Carlisle.
Note:
- This event is hybrid. Details about how to attend online will be emailed to registrants on the day of.
- The in-person portion of this event will be held in the Goodwin Forum at the Concord Public Library in Concord Center at 129 Main Street (not to be confused with the Fowler Branch of the Concord Library at 1322 Main Street in West Concord).
Cosponsored by: SPJE, League of Women Voters Concord-Carlisle, Sierra Club Massachusetts, Concord First Parish-Environmental Action Team, Green Acton, Green Maynard, Concord Climate Action Network (CCAN), Lexington Climate Action Network (LexCAN), Mothers Out Front Newton, Salem Alliance for the Environment (SAFE), and The Enviro Show based in Florence – see the growing list of co-sponsors here!