Red Herring in the Inequality Debate
It sounds crazy, but a major distraction in our debate about inequality in America today is inequality itself. I’m referring here to the concept of inequality in the abstract....
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
Inequality in the Digital Economy
A new special issue of The Nation brings an inequality frame to our current cyber world. Reams have been written about the implications of our Digital Age for personal privacy....
A Tax System that Targets Workers
We have taxes on the labor we do and another set of taxes on wealth. Two years ago, my colleague Sam Pizzigati and I penned an op-ed, A Tax System...
Warren Buffett: No to Higher Wages
The Oracle of Omaha may not be all that incredibly wise after all, just incredibly rich and sheltered from the real world of work.
A Simple Idea: Free Education For All
With two new legislative initiatives, Senator Sanders is proposing to tax Wall Street speculators to guarantee all Americans a good shot at a college degree.
Candidates Stop Saying ‘Middle Class’
Instead of new rhetoric about the middle class, Presidential candidates should invent policies to save it.
2016 Agendas Tout CEO Pay Reform
A proliferation of 2016 progressive policy agendas include CEO pay reform.
Congressional Coddling of the Rich
Congress is gutting vital programs for the poor while heaping billions of dollars of relief on a few wealthy families.
A Disappointing New SEC CEO Pay Rule
The latest executive compensation regs proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission won't put any real brake on CEO pay excess. What would? We have a list!
Bill O’Reilly’s Amazing Inequality Take
In the wacky world of cable TV's top commentator, the rich are getting squeezed while the rest of us just cruise.