We’re Not Broke, Just Twisted
Government must stop doling out ever-larger tax breaks to the super-rich and vast corporations. Have you heard? America is broke, according to many governors and lawmakers. They're calling for deep cuts...
Research & Commentary
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
Don’t Ever Bet Against America’s Wealthy
Researchers at the Deloitte global financial consulting group are calculating that the U.S. millionaire share of world millionaire wealth will actually increase over the next decade. Deloitte LLP has just...
Deconstructing the Paul Ryan Sound Bite
Real policy wonks bore people. The phony wonk from Wisconsin now driving Congress seduces, with a patter that leaves our wealthy almost completely disappeared. Rep. Paul Ryan from Wisconsin revels...
Our Chronic Cronyism — and Corruption
America's top bankers and CEO's don't have any more talent than millions of other Americans. They do have, two timely new data dumps remind us, plenty of generous friends in...
Swedes and Suicide: A Fresh Perspective
Why do Swedes and citizens of other relatively equal nations take their lives at a higher rate than residents of more unequal nations? Four investigators have tapped a wealth of...
A Window into America’s Executive Suites
The data in the latest executive compensation survey from the AFL-CIO effectively debunk the justifications for excessive pay that come from CEO flacks — and buttress the Dodd-Frank reform act provision that requires major firms to disclose the pay ratio between their top execs and typical workers.
The Hazards in Our Fairytale Marketplace
We’ve come to expect, here early in the 21st century, that business will abuse workers, at every opportunity. We’ve watched corporate leaders downsize and outsource, slash benefits, raid pension funds,...
Our Trickle-Down Achievement Gap
Growing economic inequality, new research details, is translating into an ever greater achievement gap in America's classrooms. His vitally important central finding: That achievement gap most certainly — and most...
Executive Pay Excess: A New Battlefront
Taxpayers, once again this year, are subsidizing over-the-top CEO pay by the billions. But now on the table: a promising new proposal that encourages corporations to share that excess —...
A Time When Government Never Shut Down
Did America’s rich 50 years ago live on a different planet? Or reside in some parallel universe? Taxing today’s rich could, of course, help fill these budget shortfalls and avoid...