Wealth Concentration

The New York Times and the Washington Post have done some solid reporting on inequality. But this past week doesn’t rank among their finest moments.

Inequality is inevitably a matter of conflict between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. By Peter Marcuse [caption id="attachment_8244" align="alignright" width="253"] Social inequality is not caused by any technical...

By taxing progressively, respecting worker rights, and rethinking economics, we could make a great start at creating a more equal world.

The SEC finally moves, ever so slightly, against wagers that reward CEOs when their companies fail.

Good things trickle down from the top, cheerleaders for privilege insist, when wealth concentrates. In real life, suggests economist Robert Frank, inequality makes things worse even for its ostensible beneficiaries.

Chicago is becoming a symbol of a nation crippled by the idea that the “public good” rates as an un-American notion. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_8182" align="alignright" width="275"] Chicago is...

 America’s failure to attend to our basic infrastructure is one of the most serious policy issues we face. By Sheila Suess Kennedy [caption id="attachment_8167" align="alignright" width="259"] Economic enterprises need multiple...

Can we trust Oxfam’s latest numbers on global inequality? Critics don't think we should. But their pushback is getting pushback aplenty.

First they were the inequality-deniers. Now you might call them the inequality-opportunists.