California Takes On the NCAA and Allows College Athletes to Get Paid
A new law could change the culture of college sports, and upturn a model that lets coaches feast while players struggle to make ends meet.
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Support the Women’s World Cup Team
The U.S. women’s soccer team outperforms its male counterpart but earns less — like women in every other field.
Spotted: A Piketty Reference on Hulu
The French economist's groundbreaking book on inequality is found on the bookshelf of a character from "The Handmaid's Tale."
Baseball Players Are Getting Stiffed by Billionaire Owners
If corporations treat millionaire assets this way, imagine how they’ll treat you.
Postmodern Art in a Post-Equality World
With art an ever more important ‘asset class’ for our ever richer super rich, top-name artists are caring more about inventory than posterity.
It’s March Madness. Unionize the NCAA!
"Student-athletes" make billions for others while putting their own futures at risk.
A New Moneyball for Our Deeply Unequal Age
Outfielder Mike Trout has just signed the biggest pay deal in pro sports history, and no one may be happier than America’s staggeringly overpaid CEOs.
A Historical Take on the ‘Prosperity Theology’ of Our Deeply Unequal Times
The contemporary claim that God is urging us on to get rich would appall the leading preachers of America’s colonial era.
Still Another Reason to Cheer LeBron James
An iconic basketball superstar reminds us that raising taxes on the rich will not end civilization as we know it.