Understanding the Trust Fund Loophole
The White House is going after the tax code provision that lets the super rich avoid billions of dollars of taxes on their wheeling and dealing
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
Putting a Price-Tag on Inequality
America’s most typical adults would be three-times richer if the United States distributed wealth as equally as France does. How much does inequality cost the average American family? What price...
House Dems Push CEO Pay Reform
Right out of the blocks, House Democrats are pushing a tax reform in the 114th Congress that responds to public concerns over the persistently wide gaps between CEO and worker pay.
The Ever-Shrinking Trillion Dollar Club
A handy yardstick for gauging how rapidly our wealth is concentrating.
Nit-Picking Piketty
Conservative economists tried to embarrass Thomas Piketty at the American Economic Association annual meeting in Boston. They ended up embarrassing only themselves.
The Complications of Global Inequality
Don't let inequality apologists spin global numbers to dismiss concerns over our top-heavy economic order.
To End Extreme Poverty, Let’s Try Ending Extreme Wealth
The world’s wealthy gathered in the Alps last week to discuss how to ‘solve’ our world’s toughest problems. The biggest? That, suggests one anti-poverty outfit, may be their fortunes.
Financial Professionals Support Transaction Tax
More than 50 financial industry experts endorsed a letter calling for a tax to rein in Wall Street speculation
Trickle-Down in the Other ‘Down Under’
GOP White House hopefuls want taxes on the rich cut even lower than they’ve already been cut. What might a tax-the-rich-even-less future bring? The land of the kiwi offers one frightful answer.