Wealth Concentration

A key keeper of the free-market fundamentalist flame wants us to know that all his rich and powerful red-state pals really do care about income maldistribution. By Sam Pizzigati [caption...

[caption id="attachment_6591" align="alignright" width="290"] William Graham Sumner (1840 - 1910) was a Social Darwinist who believed the poor deserve their condition. His thought continues to influence debates about poverty in...

In urban hotspots like New York, the slender luxury towers of the global super rich are assaulting the sky. Inequality is literally blocking out the sun. In the late 1920s,...

A bold new egalitarian take on our modern economy from France joins a powerful already published rendering of inequality’s toll — on our daily lives — from the UK. Blend...

Don’t feel bad if you were busy and missed the buzz around the new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. It’s not every day that a 685-page book about wealth...

The fiercer that major state universities squeeze faculty and students, a new study shows, the grander the rewards their presidents reap. By Sam Pizzigati [caption id="attachment_6403" align="alignright" width="300"] At the...

The latest annual hedge fund industry pay stats have suits smiling — and ordinary mortals worrying about public education's future. By Sam Pizzigati [caption id="attachment_6377" align="alignright" width="300"] Hedge fund mogul...

A new study argues that the United States no longer operates as a democratic society where the majority rules. [caption id="attachment_6500" align="alignright" width="228"] New research details how an economic elite...

Could the classic conservative put-down of progressive policy become a strategic template for attacking CEO pay excess? Legislators in California and Rhode Island may soon find out. By Sam Pizzigati...