How billionaires pay millions to hide trillions.
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Economic Justice
Combating inequality means both lifting up and building power at the bottom, and breaking up concentration of wealth and power at the top. That’s why we work at the intersection of economic and racial justice through projects designed to build leadership and self-empowerment of black workers, immigrant workers, and low-wage workers, youth and families affected by incarceration, along with projects aiming to reverse the rules that criminalize poor people of color, and projects fighting to ensure that the wealthy and Wall Street corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
Latest Work
Peace Groups Urge Support for the PRO Act
The PRO Act would help the U.S. serve as a global model for labor rights, reducing conflict, and promoting peace.
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If the Minimum Wage Had Increased as Much as Wall Street Bonuses Since 1985, It Would Be Worth $44 Today
The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs at a $15 minimum wage for a year.
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STEP Act: The Critical First Blow to Millionaire Income Tax Avoidance
New legislation would put an end to an income tax windfall for millionaires and their descendants.
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Hey, Wealthy Tax Cheat, Hearing Any Footsteps Yet?
Our biggest tax evaders have been living high on the hog. They may soon have cause to worry.
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Sanders Estate Tax Bill Shuts Down Wealth Hiding Loopholes
The Vermont senator and former presidential candidate takes shot across the bow of the wealth defense industry.
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As Rich Nations Protect Corporate Patents, the Global Vaccine Divide is Widening
People in high-income countries represent 16 percent of the world’s population, but have received 56 percent of COVID-19 vaccine doses.
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The Fight for Equal Pay Must Include Domestic Workers
Gender inequality in the workplace rests upon how we value, or fail to value, care workers.
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A Year of Billionaire Pandemic Gains
Who are the ten biggest pandemic profiteers?
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Tax Wealth to Fix the Nation’s Woes
Members of the billionaire class have used their clout to rig the economy in their favor.
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Reports
REPORT: The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises Our Welfare
Nearly two-thirds of the federal discretionary budget goes to militarized federal programs, leaving just over a third for our communities — a sliver some lawmakers want to cut even further.
REPORT: A Tale of Two Retirements 2023
Our tax code helps CEOs retire in luxury while ordinary workers struggle. Here’s how to fix it.
Report: High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up the Planet
In this report, we assess the environmental, economic, and security risks of private jet travel — and lay out tax reforms to offset them.
Tax Day 2023: Where Your 2022 Tax Dollars Went
IPS’s National Priorities Project takes a look at where American taxpayers’ money went in 2022, and how skewed our national priorities are.
Wall Street Bonuses Decline But Still Dwarf Worker Pay Increases Since 2008 Crash
Since 2008, the average Wall Street bonus has climbed by more than 75 percent, compared to just a 54 percent increase in average earnings of all private sector workers and a 42 percent rise in manufacturing wages. If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985, it would be worth $42.37 today.