Chuck Collins (b. 1960) is an author and is the cofounder and associate director of United for a Fair Economy in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an expert on U.S. economic inequality and has pioneered efforts bringing together investors and business leaders to speak out publicly against corporate practices and economic policies that increase economic inequality.

Collins has worked with a number of prominent wealthy individuals, including Bill Gates, Sr. and George Soros in an effort to promote tax equity. He is also the great-grandson and an heir to the fortune of 19th-century meatpacking mogul Oscar Mayer. He first caught attention when he gave an inheritance of $500,000 to a liberal organizations at the age of 26.

Collins is coauthor, with William H. Gates, Sr., of the book Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes, which argues that the estate tax is both fair and necessary. He is also coauthor of Robin Hood Was Right and several other books.

External links

• Story about Collins from the Capital Times (Madison, WI) (http://www.robinhoodwasright.org/capitaltimes.html)
• Fast Company interview with Collins (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/30/one.html)
• United for a Fair Economy site (http://www.ufenet.org)