Infrastructure Must Include the Care Economy
This crisis of care could be prevented if Congress were to take bold action to fund human infrastructure.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
What Happens Economically When Wealth Tilts to the Top?
Most of us see immoral ugliness wherever wealth concentrates. Much more lurks that we need to see.
Peter Thiel’s $5 Billion Roth IRA: Only the Size is News
Lawmakers have known about this giant loophole for years. Now it’s time to do something about it.
Poor People’s Campaign Marches on Washington to ‘Blunt the Political Effects of Wealth Inequality’
West Virginia and Kentucky activists vow to continue pressing Manchin and McConnell on democracy and economic reforms.
An Inequality Even Conservative Justices Can’t Swallow
A unanimous Supreme Court throws a monkey-wrench into a college sports scene that’s minting mega millionaires.
The Real Reason Mitch McConnell Is Mad About Whistleblowers Leaking Billionaire Tax Info
The latest tax-dodging scandal could boost momentum for wealth tax proposals on the table in the budget negotiations.
Tying Equity Strings on the Semiconductor Subsidies
CEOs of the top 19 U.S. chip-making corporations make $14 million on average. Should taxpayers have to subsidize those fat paychecks?
Can We Conquer Our Grand Dynastic Family Fortunes?
We most certainly can. We have history on our side.
Report: Silver Spoon Oligarchs: How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality
Fifty dynastic billionaire families hold as much wealth as the bottom half of U.S. families. Their wealth grew at ten times the rate of ordinary families over the last 40 years.
Dynasty Trusts: A Tool for Billionaire Tax Avoidance
A new policy brief outlines how the wealthy stow and grow their fortunes for future descendants.