Wealth Concentration

The wealth gap between the presidential candidates and average Americans could hardly be more stark. In the lead-up to his New Hampshire primary victory, Senator Bernie Sanders boosted his public...

The Facebook founder saw his wealth ranking jump while others sink. At his age he appears to be the most likely candidate for the world’s first trillionaire.

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 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...

What the negative wealth at the bottom of the economic spectrum says about our overall economy matters deeply.

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.

The president shifts focus to the next administration to solve inequality. 

CEOs on both sides of the Atlantic have already made more in 2016 than most of their workers will make for the entire year.

Donald Trump's presidential campaign personifies the view that wealth should rule.