U.S. Billionaires are Now $2.1 Trillion Richer Than Before the Pandemic
Senator Wyden’s proposed ‘Billionaires Income Tax’ could raise significant revenue to fund President Biden’s Build Back Better investment plans.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
A Smiling Sayonara from Private Equity’s Pioneers
After 45 years, the long-time head honchos of havoc at KKR are hanging up their spurs.
5 Charts on Tackling Bad Corporate Behavior Through Taxes
Proposals on the table to pay for the Build Back Better Act could rein in offshoring, excessive CEO pay, and wasteful stock buybacks.
Forget the Huddled Masses. Bring Us Billionaires.
The land of the free and the home of the brave has become a tax haven for the vile and the vicious.
The Care Movement Fights Back Against Cuts to Biden’s Historic Home Care Plan
Sharing their personal stories in front of the Capitol, care workers and disability rights activists make a powerful case for expanded care infrastructure.
Inside the Pandora Papers
A massive data leak includes explosive revelations about the hidden wealth system, including the U.S. role as a magnet for kleptocratic funds.
The Least Sympathetic People in the Entire World?
They just may be the super rich who’ve bought mega-million condos in midtown Manhattan’s now infamous needle towers.
Close the Carried Interest Loophole and End Private Equity Abuse
To help pay for vital public investments, Congress needs to end a tax loophole that has allowed greedy private equity execs to pay a lower tax rate than many middle-class Americans.
Big Pharma Corporate Lobby vs. Everyday Americans
Organizers take to the streets to call on Big Pharma to halt its assault on popular reforms to lower prescription drug prices.