What Would Lower Levels of Inequality Mean for Typical American Households?
The new 2017 Global Wealth Report from the Swiss bank Credit Suisse has some tantalizing clues.
Wealth Concentration
Have We Now Reached Peak Goldman Sachs?
Still another Wall Street banker is assuming a position of power in America’s political firmament. Could this latest power grab have, for once, a happy ending?
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
It's the best time for a few in America, the worst for many more. If you didn't read that book, it didn't end well.
Billionaire Bonanza 2017
An inside look direct from the authors of the new Institute for Policy Studies report on the Forbes 400 and the rest of us.
Trouble in the Offshore Paradise
Leaked documents underscore the need to crack down on tax dodging instead of passing another giveaway for the wealthy.
Mass Incarceration is a Women’s Issue, Too
The United States is one of the top incarcerators of women in the world, which breaks up families and endangers children.
This Year’s Real Halloween Horror
The family that has made billions off trick-or-treat candy has gone generations without paying any appreciable tax on its enormous fortune. And the Trump tax plan, if adopted, would ax a huge chunk of the tax on the family’s income!
Billionaire Bonanza 2017
New Report: The 3 wealthiest Americans have more wealth than bottom half of U.S. households combined.
Why Do So Many Super Rich Despise the Poor?
Donald Trump’s putdown of suffering Puerto Ricans reflects a mindset that has long afflicted the awesomely affluent.