Many CEOS, at the start of the pandemic, vowed to not take a salary last year to keep layoffs to a minimum. But new preliminary data from the Economic Policy Institute shows that the average CEO’s compensation still jumped 16% last year. … Read the full article...
The black construction worker, the Latina home health aide, and the white entry-level data analyst may all work just as hard and take equal pride in their work. But a new research study from Brandeis University and The Workers Lab, an organization that develops...
Most Americans consider themselves part of the “middle class,” but no one can agree on what term that means. The problem? If sizing up the middle class is difficult enough, it’s even harder to say that circumstances within this group have changed. But they certainly...
President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have raised fears of an international trade war. The plan, debated intensely within the White House, is to levy a 25% tax on steel imports and a 10% tax on aluminum imports by...
President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have raised fears of an international trade war. The plan, debated intensely within the White House, is to levy a 25% tax on steel imports and a 10% tax on aluminum imports by...
President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum have raised fears of an international trade war. The plan, debated intensely within the White House, is to levy a 25% tax on steel imports and a 10% tax on aluminum imports by...
Sixty-one percent of Americans will live in a metropolitan area or state with a minimum wage above the $7.25 federal hourly minimum as increases take effect in Los Angeles, Washington DC, Maryland and Oregon on July 1, according to a Fortune analysis of U.S. Census...
President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tax cuts will save Fortune 500 CEOs hundreds of millions of dollars for their retirements, according to a new study. A report by the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank in Washington, found that if Trump is...
A new study, published Monday, states that the racial wealth gap is so wide, that it would take 228 years for black and Latino families to amass the wealth that white families currently have. My colleague, Chauncey Alcorn, has an excellent analysis here. It’s worth...
The retirement assets of 100 Fortune 500 CEOs are worth more than the entire nest eggs of 41% of American families, a new study shows. That means the 100 largest CEO retirement accounts—which totaled $4.9 billion last year—would equal the total saved by 50 million...