Our Top 400: A Little Historical Perspective
All those millions that America's billionaires are pouring into super PACs, where do they come from? We can trace a huge chunk of that political cash to the truly massive...
Research & Commentary
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
The Fundamental Problem in the Eurozone
The fundamental problem in the eurozone is not the Greek debt crisis. It's not the undercapitalization of Spanish banks. It's not the weakness of the Dutch and Italian governments or...
Behind Super-Sized Sodas, a Deeper Danger
Sugary soft drinks, as Michael Bloomberg reminds us, do our nation no good. But if we really want to narrow our waistbands, we’re going to have to narrow the income...
No Child Left Behind — In Finland
As graduation season approaches in America, keynote speakers across the land will be holding forth on how education is the key to the future. Forget the fact that this year's...
The Greek Crisis: One Question, Four Answers
The debt crisis in Greece has any number of solutions. One has the rich of Greece all agog with fond expectations. By Salvatore Babones The big debate in Europe today...
The Most Surprising ‘Nay on Pay’ Yet
A perfectly respectable business panel is urging corporate boards to ditch the ridiculous rationalizations for CEO pay excess and narrow the gargantuan corporate pay gap. Step one: end CEO stock...
California Can Find the Heart to Maintain CalWORKs
As California faces budget Armageddon, one of the programs on the endangered list is California's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, known as CalWORKs. Governor Brown proposes to cut...
What is Austerity, and Why Should We Care?
Historically, austerity has always hit hardest on those who have the most to lose: the rich and powerful. Today's austerity has reversed that historic pattern -- and widened the gap...
Facebook and Tahrir Square, Revisited
Facebook's initial public offering last week 'offered' the world another double dose of windfalls and greed. But Egypt's elections this week may bring an IPO of a different sort, the...
European Austerity: Who Should Pay?
Europe is in turmoil. Unemployment is up; wages are down. Industrial production is stagnating. Most importantly, European people are demonstrating on the streets and on the internet in outrage over...