Harvard's endowment is a whopping $51 billion. That's larger than the GDP of more than 120 nations — and all the money is tax free.
Taxing just 1% of Harvard’s endowment could make community college free for everyone in Massachusetts. We spoke to some lawmakers who want to do just that and dug into the history of how Harvard – and the rest of the Ivy League – got so rich.
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