Swedes and Suicide: A Fresh Perspective
Why do Swedes and citizens of other relatively equal nations take their lives at a higher rate than residents of more unequal nations? Four investigators have tapped a wealth of...
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A Window into America’s Executive Suites
The data in the latest executive compensation survey from the AFL-CIO effectively debunk the justifications for excessive pay that come from CEO flacks — and buttress the Dodd-Frank reform act provision that requires major firms to disclose the pay ratio between their top execs and typical workers.
Our Trickle-Down Achievement Gap
Growing economic inequality, new research details, is translating into an ever greater achievement gap in America's classrooms. His vitally important central finding: That achievement gap most certainly — and most...
A Time When Government Never Shut Down
Did America’s rich 50 years ago live on a different planet? Or reside in some parallel universe? Taxing today’s rich could, of course, help fill these budget shortfalls and avoid...