How Inequality Is Killing the Dinosaurs
Rising inequality is killing the dinosaurs - or at least what's left of them. Paleontologists report a boom in illicit dinosaur excavation and smuggling. The most recent case to hit the news was the...
Research & Commentary
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
Brazil and the United States: A Shrinking Gap
Luxury fortresses. Armored cars. Helicopter commutes. The abominably unequal 'good life' may be closer than you think. Meanwhile, in South Africa . . . A dozen years ago, Brazil ranked...
Our First Trillionaire: Only a Matter of Time
If current trends continue, an individual trillion-dollar fortune in the United States will be surfacing within not much more than a generation. By Bob Lord [caption id="attachment_4745" align="alignright" width="300"] Mexican...
Britain Comes Clean on Slave Fortunes
One hundred eighty years after abolishing slavery, the United Kingdom is coming clean about fortunes founded on slave ownership and the slave trade. While it took a bloody civil war...
From Inequality, We Can’t Take a Vacation
'A million ways to have fun,' goes the cruise ship marketing slogan — but only, the fine print should read, for those who have mega millions. [caption id="attachment_5091" align="alignright" width="350"]...
Our Residential Future: Segregation Forever?
Rising inequality, newly released data make plain, has left America's metro areas — and neighborhoods — considerably less mixed by income. Are the rich about to bid the rest of...
The Problem Isn’t Growth; the Problem Is Inequality
On February 12, 2013 US President Barack Obama will give his fifth state of the union address to Congress. Early reports are that he will focus on economic growth. The...
The Scruffy and the Stuffy Agree: Cap CEO Pay
From hiking trails in Oregon to boardrooms in Berlin, critics of our staggeringly unequal corporate order are calling for limits that link executive compensation to worker paychecks By Sam Pizzigati...
If This Southern Cal Mansion Could Speak . . .
. . . we would have a fascinating, first-hand history of the roller-coaster first century of federal income taxation. By Sam Pizzigati The modern federal income tax turns 100 this...
To Save Social Security, Raise the Minimum Wage
Social Security is the bedrock entitlement program that directly supports over 56 million Americans. That's over 18 percent of the population. If you're receiving Social Security, you know that Social...