Underwater Nation
While billionaires get richer, most Americans lack the cash reserves to get through hard times. Are you or a loved one having trouble staying afloat? You’re truly not alone. While...
Middle Class Squeeze
Who Cares About the Stock Market?
Ignore the hyping of Dow 20,000 and other market gyrations. Only the affluent are really benefiting from rising share prices. Originally published by US News and World Report. Champagne bottles...
Houston, We Have an Inequality Problem
New study shows growing divide in Texas’s most populous county. The world knows Houston as a major hub for oil and gas and the home of America’s space program. What...
What Made the Great Recession ‘Great’?
People who lose their jobs tend to cut back on their household spending. But in a starkly unequal economy they won’t be the only ones to cut back deeply.