Speaker Fees: Hillary v. Nobel Laureates
It would take a full-time minimum wage worker nearly 15 years to take home what Clinton pocketed for a single Wall Street speech.
Inequality
What Do Our Wealthiest Deserve?
Our world’s billionaires don’t merit either their billions, the Oxfam economist Didier Jacobs suggests, or the right to claim we’re all living in a ‘meritocracy.’ [caption id="attachment_7418" align="alignright" width="270"] Debunk...
The Lesson We Can Learn from Flint
The water crisis in Flint demonstrates the necessary and beneficial role of a strong public sector. For the past 30+ years, self-described "small government" conservatives have waged a propaganda war on...
Can the Davos Rich Do More than Talk?
Just a busload of billionaires, says Oxfam, now hold as much wealth than the entire bottom half of humanity. The elites now at Davos could, if they so chose, start steering that bus in a different direction.