Program on Inequality and the Common Good
Extreme inequalities of income, wealth and opportunity undercut democracy, social solidarity and mobility, economic stability, and many other aspects of our personal and public lives. The Program on Inequality and the Common Good focuses on these and other dangers that income disparities pose for the U.S.
Through research and reporting, this program encourages policy interventions that can reduce extreme wealth inequality, and close the growing gap between the rich and poor. Recent reports have examined the estate tax, the racial wealth gap, inequality in philanthropy, and other topics related to extreme wealth concentration. The central theme of the program is that without significant reform and a systemic view of inequality on both a national and global level, the overall wealth divide will continue to grow exponentially.
Latest Work

Reparations Are Expensive — but Not Repairing the Harm Costs More

It’s Time We Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share

Report: “Extreme Wealth: The growing number of people with extreme wealth and what an annual wealth tax could raise”

Dynasty-Building Trusts: How the Getty and Walton Families Use Trusts To Dodge Taxes

Lawmakers, Fix Trust Law and Close Down the Billionaire Enabler States.

Donor-Advised Fund Numbers Still Obscure Who’s Giving and How Much

For Lula, Fighting Against Fascism and For Economic Justice is Nothing New

A Big Year for the Charity Reform Movement

How Colombia Will Tax the Wealthy

We should be skeptical of billionaires who pledge to share their wealth

‘Tis Always the Season for Billionaire Philanthropy

Inequality-Fighting Ballot Initiatives Win Big

Do the Forbes Philanthropy Scores Give Foundation Donors Too Much Credit?

What's driving the gap between the richest and poorest Americans

These US states are billionaire tax havens (The Marc Steiner Show)

The High Cost of Beacon Hill Inaction

Dismantling the Lucky Sperm Club, One Baby Bond Program at a Time

Congress Takes Historic Step to Tax Stock Buybacks

A Proposed Wealth Tax on Colombia’s 4,700+ Richest Would Raise $1 Billion

The Rise of the Monster DAFs
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