America’s Leading Export: Inequality
You don’t have to buy the theories in Thomas Piketty’s ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ to use his data. And those data show that the United States has become a...
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It’s Morning Again in America or Is It?
The low- and middle-income families hurt most by the Great Recession are continuing to receive the least benefit from our recovering economy. [caption id="attachment_8307" align="alignright" width="400"] Corporations may be swimming...
Our Social Darwinists Then and Now
Conservatives like Paul Ryan seem to have discovered inequality. But don’t take that discovery all that seriously. Their basic mindsets still haven’t changed any. [caption id="attachment_8294" align="alignright" width="250"] Sociologist William...
Is a Living Wage on the Horizon?
At least some American businesses are realizing that a fairer economy makes eminent business sense. [caption id="attachment_8283" align="alignright" width="358"] Americans will be watching to see how many major corporations follow...
A Sudden Surge of Statistical Confusion
The New York Times and the Washington Post have done some solid reporting on inequality. But this past week doesn’t rank among their finest moments.
Our 100 Most Overpaid Corporate CEOs
CEO pay keeps on rising in this country at the expense of the everyday worker's wages. A report lays bare the true story of the expanding ratio between CEO pay and the average person's salary.
Inequality: A Matter of Conflict?
Inequality is inevitably a matter of conflict between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. By Peter Marcuse [caption id="attachment_8244" align="alignright" width="253"] Social inequality is not caused by any technical...
Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
By taxing progressively, respecting worker rights, and rethinking economics, we could make a great start at creating a more equal world.
A Tiny Step Toward Ending a CEO Scam
The SEC finally moves, ever so slightly, against wagers that reward CEOs when their companies fail.
Our Grand Fortunes, Our Grand Waste
Good things trickle down from the top, cheerleaders for privilege insist, when wealth concentrates. In real life, suggests economist Robert Frank, inequality makes things worse even for its ostensible beneficiaries.
The Privatization of Chicago
Chicago is becoming a symbol of a nation crippled by the idea that the “public good” rates as an un-American notion. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_8182" align="alignright" width="275"] Chicago is...
Why Infrastructure Remains So Crucial
America’s failure to attend to our basic infrastructure is one of the most serious policy issues we face. By Sheila Suess Kennedy [caption id="attachment_8167" align="alignright" width="259"] Economic enterprises need multiple...