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.
Culture
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.
Invest in Minnesota’s Communities, not the Super Bowl
Activists are using the spotlight on the Twin Cities to draw attention to affordable housing and corporate mistreatment in their hometown.
A Capitalist Real-Life Fiction
A new book brings the page-turning excitement of a crime thriller to the moral quandary of modern finance.
Matthew Desmond’s ‘Evicted’ Close-Up
An in-depth look at what happens when cities become unaffordable opens reader eyes to a growing crisis and wins the Pulitzer Prize.
Inequality Must Reads of 2016
Don't want to read the best inequality books of 2016? We reviewed them so you don't have to (even though you should).