New study shows striking divide between nation’s wealthiest and the rest of us. [caption id="attachment_9834" align="alignright" width="300"] America’s 20 wealthiest people — a group that could fit comfortably in one...
That just may be Martine Durand, the chief statistician of the developed world’s most important research agency. How does she view her role and our inequality data future? We asked....
You might want to rethink all those really nice things you’ve been saying about ‘equality of opportunity.’ By Bob Lord and Sam Pizzigati Dear Top 1 Percenters, [caption id="attachment_9788" align="alignright"...
From the days of slavery to the 21st century rebirth of the poll tax, our tax system has been concentrating wealth at African-American expense, as legal scholar Andre Smith details...
No workers are free from the risk of losing their jobs to automation. By Larry Checco [caption id="attachment_9770" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: Solidsmack.com[/caption] Forty-five years ago futurist Alvin Toffler, in his...
Campaigns are hiring “donor maintenance managers” as personal concierges to millionaire supporters.
According to new Credit Suisse data, one out of 10 of the world's poorest adults is an American. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_9737" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: dealbreaker.com[/caption] Bernie Sanders showed...
To help overcome inequality, the latest global gathering of economic statisticians agrees, we need to do much more than total up an economy’s goods and services.
Three economists from France have distinguished themselves as titans in the fight to reduce inequality.
