From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
America's revolutionary generation, new research details, lived in a society much more equal than our own. And early Americans prized that equality, an inconvenient reality for conservatives today. Not too...
For roughly 300 million Americans, our new century has brought only income stagnation. But for 30,000 very wealthy Americans, the century has brought consistently rising incomes beyond the dreams of...
We all know that the recession has hit families hard, but even mainstream newspapers and magazines have finally caught onto the fact that American household incomes have been stagnant for...
Robin Hood would not be happy if he happened upon our incredibly top-heavy modern world. But the new campaign to levy a tax on speculative trading would most likely have...
Millionaires ended 2011, says a new report from two major global financial institutions, with a smaller net worth than when the year started. “The rich got poorer in 2011.” So...
In the wake of the Greek elections the new Greek government has reaffirmed its commitment to the austerity plan that got the old Greek government thrown out of office. While...
The Federal Reserve has once again counted up America's personal wealth — and omitted the nation's 400 richest from the final tally. But the new figures, even with that omission,...
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...
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...
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...
