Brazil: Elites Behind President’s Ouster
Those who conspired against an elected president do not accept that black, poor, indigenous, women, homosexuals, and slum dwellers have the right to respect and dignity.
New Research & Commentary
Obama’s TPP Would Widen the Divide
A Mexican activist offers lessons from the North American Free Trade Agreement about the likely impacts of the Trans-Pacific trade deal on inequality.
The Wall Street CEO Bonus Loophole
If elected, Hillary Clinton would have the chance to fix her husband’s costly and dangerous CEO pay policy mistake.
A Call for Equitable Development
In Baltimore, activists are urging the city to move beyond “tax increment financing” that privileges billionaires at public expense. TIF agreements elsewhere have generated few if any living-wage jobs.
Domestic Workers Win Big In Illinois
The National Domestic Workers Alliance and its community allies have overcome strong industry opposition to win landmark labor protections for domestic workers in seven states.
Where Has Money for Schools Gone?
Next year, over 50,000 government bodies in the United States will have to report out, for the first time, just how much revenue they’ve lost to tax breaks that enrich the corporate elite.
Who’s #1? The Politics of Olympic Gold
What message do our media outlets send when they relentlessly publicize simple tallies of gold medals won — and ignore the vast differences in national wealth that shape who actually wins medals?
Tackling Climate Change Equitably
Climate disruption and inequality are inextricably linked. Climate solutions must be, too. A carbon tax could help move wealth from people at the carbon-intensive top to less polluting households.
The Enduring Racial Wealth Divide
A new report explores the stark history of the racial wealth divide in the United States and the public policies — both historical and current — that contribute so powerfully to it.
An Ever-Growing Racial Wealth Gap
America’s racial wealth gap reflects policies designed to widen the economic chasm between white households and households of color and between the wealthy and everyone else.
Blogging our Grand Divide
Will Hillary Fix Bill’s CEO Pay Mistake?
A loophole created by Bill Clinton in 1993 costs taxpayers billions of dollars per year and perpetuates the reckless Wall Street bonus culture.
Still Feeling the Great Recession?
Want thrills in your life? Go ride a roller coaster. Want some economic security? Help make America more equal.
Why Is Trump Out to Ax Estate Taxes?
There’s a saying that applies to America most vociferous political opponents of the estate tax: Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
A Do-Over for Our Unequal Economy?
Still another report is documenting the massive new wealth of America’s wealthiest. Could a whopping one-time tax on grand fortunes be a useful antidote?
Trump’s Taxes Won’t Go Away
The candidate’s ongoing scandalous behavior can’t cover up whatever he’s hiding in his tax returns.
Mr. Spock Fixes America
A new book, Five Easy Theses, offers straightforward solutions to the nation’s most vexing problems.
Extracting a Cold Hard Corporate Truth
For today’s top corporate executives, the contemporary corporation has become a personal ATM — with no limits on withdrawals.
Don’t Go To Bowdoin
Malcolm Gladwell challenges firmly held beliefs around social mobility and our education system in a thoughtful, engaging, and wildly popular new podcast.
For the Wealthy, a Taxing New Worry
Lobbyists for America’s grandest fortunes may want to raise their rates. Defending tax loopholes has just become a much dicier business. Capitol Hill is getting a gadfly who can really sting.
Trump’s Trickle-Down Ticket
Donald Trump’s VP pick signals a commitment to slashing taxes for millionaires and cutting services for everyone else.
Our top reads
Twin Peaks Planet
Between our world’s twin peaks — the ever-richer global elite and the rising Chinese middle class — lies what we might call the valley of despond: the stagnating incomes of the advanced-country working classes. (source)
The Rise and Rise of the Top 0.1 Percent
New research unveiled in 2014 has solved the puzzle in our statistics on economic inequality. (source)
World’s 400 Richest Add $92 Billion in 2014
The globe’s 400 wealthiest billionaires are ending the year worth a combined $4.1 trillion, an average $10.3 billion each. (source)
