Defending the Top 1 Percent — and Failing at It
An academic heavyweight from Harvard has taken up the cause of America’s most affluent 1 percent. But his defense has done the nation’s rich no favors. By Colin Gordon [caption...
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Washington’s Promiscuous Protectors of Privilege: A Congressional Inequality Report Card
Mitt Romney and I both grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a wealthy suburb of Detroit. For much of our childhoods, we were represented in Congress by a tireless defender...
America’s Tilt to the Top: The Deepest Stats Yet
All sorts of federal agencies publish income inequality data. But only the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office directly takes on America's income inequality deniers. Back in 1979, America’s most affluent 1...