Taking Tax Fairness Battle to the States
The Patriot Millionaires network has brought the drive to close one of Wall Street’s most lucrative tax loopholes to the New York statehouse. The bill these affluent activists are backing...
Research & Commentary
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
The Real Impact of Economic Despair
A new report shows rising inequality linked to rising high school dropout rates — and upends the view that poverty ‘incentivizes’ the working class. More and more, I am reminded...
Wall Street Bonuses: Still Sky-High
We could raise wages for millions of workers to $15 an hour, using the bonus money from Wall Street, and still have plenty of money leftover. Wall Street bonuses dipped...
Race, Wealth, and the Election
The Trump phenomenon looks a lot less surprising if you consider our nation’s history of white supremacy and racial inequality. Most professional pundits have been stumped by the 2016 presidential primaries....
Paying for Low Wage Pollution
Economic justice activists are championing laws that shift the costs of toxic poverty wages from communities to corporations. Imagine if a corporation set up shop in your community and immediately...
A Business Case for a Wealth Tax
Giving preferential tax treatment to a privileged class of citizens violates the principles of both democracy and capitalism. An annual levy on wealth over $250,000 could begin returning us to...
Do We Really Need a Billionaire Class?
With worker-owned co-ops and other forms of democratic enterprise, veteran analyst Gar Alperovitz is helping America see, we can create wealth without creating a super wealthy. [caption id="attachment_7441" align="alignright" width="265"]...
Who Owns Almost All America’s Land?
A USDA report is exposing a massive disparity between white and black land ownership in the United States.
Inequality in America’s Political Class
The wealth gap between the presidential candidates and average Americans could hardly be more stark. In the lead-up to his New Hampshire primary victory, Senator Bernie Sanders boosted his public...
Clipping America’s Hedge Funds
Activists are taking on the billionaire financiers who are driving inequality and corrupting our politics. [caption id="attachment_10298" align="alignright" width="300"] The growing Hedge Clippers campaign is pioneering new strategies to prevent...