So, What Would Warren Do?

Photograph by Peter Hapak for TIME

This week Marks Warren Buffett's first appearance on the cover of TIME. I'm not sure how he's avoided it until now, but he's using this moment in his long and storied career to speak out about what the U.S. should do to move forward. Buffett is as classic and iconically American as the brands he invests in: Coca-Cola, American Express, IBM. But his solutions are anything but orthodox or predictable. He believes the tax system is unfair, the superrich do not pay their fair share, and corporations don't need a tax break. He is dubious about the conventional wisdom that education...

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