What George Will Got Wrong
The growing gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else affects much more than the cost of a 50-inch plasma TV.
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Enriching CEOs, Endangering Patients
A new online petition drive is protesting the incredibly high prices that enormously overpaid pharmaceutical CEOs charge for cancer drugs.
The Danger of Public-Private Partnering
Millions of dollars are at stake in long-term public-private partnerships, and the public is losing out. By Larry Checco [caption id="attachment_8596" align="alignright" width="282"] Through public-private partnerships, or P3s, governments are...
Privatization Means Profits Over People
A recent study reveals that the federal government spends more on private contractors than on public employees for the same services. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_8584" align="alignright" width="225"] A once...
Using the Family Farm to Help the Rich
Estate tax opponents use farmers as props in recent House hearing.
Keeping Up With the Walton’s
In the wake of Walmart's decision to raise workers' wages, Dollar General announced it will offer better schedules.
‘House of Cards’ Makes a Wonk’s Day
In 15 seconds, this hit TV series may have exposed more people to America’s biggest CEO pay loophole than 15 years of studies and reports.
A Promising Proposal in Rhode Island
The basic idea behind legislation now pending in our smallest state: The taxes we pay should bankroll quality public services, not grand fortunes.
The Fed Needs to ‘Read the Signs’
The years right before the 2008 meltdown found Federal Reserve officials asleep at the switch. Will they wake up this time around? [caption id="attachment_8512" align="alignright" width="435"] The Fed isn’t blowing...
Four Facts that Illustrate Inequality
Numbers have the power to reveal the dramatic fall of the middle class over the past 35 years. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_8507" align="alignright" width="259"] There's something perversely wrong with...
The President’s Middle Class Economics
America’s middle class can once again prosper, but only if we confront growing inequality within the nation’s private sector. President Obama’s new plan for middle class revival doesn’t do that...