For Ayn Rand Acolyte, Taxes Are a Form of Violence
As economic divides fan the flames of Brexit and Trumpism, a free market fundamentalist clings to the view that inequality is merely part of the natural order.
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The Tax-the-Rich Ideas Just Keep Coming
Senator Ron Wyden is digging imaginatively into the innards of taxing capital gains.
As Brexit Threatens to Widen Northern Ireland’s Divides, Activists Offer Hope for a More Equal Future
Campaigns challenging the country’s environmentally destructive, low-wage economic model are gaining ground, despite political insecurity.
What’s Worse Than Ticket Scalpers? Stock Scalpers.
A new Wall Street Tax proposal would crack down on the high frequency traders that are cheating the rest of us.
A Real ‘World-Class’ City Takes Care of Its People
A new report offers Chicago a financial blueprint for the city its residents deserve.
What States Can Do to Reduce Poverty and Inequality Through Tax Policy
State governments have many options for recouping the windfalls large corporations and the wealthy received through the 2017 Republican federal tax law.
Have the Rich Always Laughed Stiff Tax Rates Away?
Fans of grand fortune want us to believe that the rich have never paid much more of their income in taxes than they do now. Our actual history says different.
Seriously Taxing the Rich Will Take ‘Guts’ — and More
Egalitarians in the mid-20th century set high tax rates on the high-income set. Egalitarians in our century have some new ideas on how to make those stiff rates stick.
The Best Month for Egalitarians on Capitol Hill Since 1932
Those rare moments when our political class suddenly starts viewing the nation’s richest through a skeptical lens can help trigger real social change.