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Last week, the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan thinktank, released a report on the increasing pay gap between chief executives and workers. This research tells a familiar story with updated figures. When taking into account stocks, which now make up more than...

Tax on billionaires’ Covid windfall could vaccinate every adult on Earth

Aug 12, 2021

Every adult in the world could get a Covid-19 vaccine if the wealth billionaires collected during the pandemic was taxed 99% once, according to an analysis published on Thursday by several groups that advocate for economic equity. … Read the full article at The...

Big tech’s big week raises fears of ‘Blade Runner future’ of mega-company rule

Aug 1, 2021

Big tech provided the world with some startling numbers this week. In the last three months Amazon’s sales have averaged over $1.2bn a day. It took the company less than four seconds to earn the $52,000 the average American makes in a year. Apple is now sitting on...

US billionaires ‘have received $1.1tn windfall in Covid pandemic’

Jan 26, 2021

The richest 660 people in the US have collected a $1.1tn (£800bn) “windfall of wealth” since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a report by a US progressive thinktank, the Institute for Policy Studies. … Read the full article at The...

UK advised to recruit former drug dealers if marijuana is legalised

Sep 5, 2019

Former drug dealers should be recruited and trained to produce safe, legal cannabis if the UK decides to legalise marijuana, the head of an American programme overseeing the sale of the narcotic has urged. The Commissioner in charge of legal cannabis sales...

Biden spars with Warren and Sanders at first event facing rival Democrats

Jun 17, 2019

Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, clashed with his primary rivals on Monday over whether it is “naive” to try to work with and win over Republicans in a post-Donald Trump era. … Read the full article at The Guardian.

Climate change 2020: can the Democrats make it an election issue?

Feb 3, 2019

Carl Shoupe, a 71-year-old who lives in Benham, Kentucky, at the foot of the tallest mountain in the state, does not feel well served by America. When he came back from Vietnam, he went to work in the coalmines. At 22, he was nearly killed by a roof collapse. …...

Study finds extreme CEO-worker pay disparity at taxpayer-supported companies

Aug 29, 2018

Some of the most extreme examples of the gap between executive and median worker pay occurs at companies directly supported by federal contracts and subsidies, a new study has found. The latest Executive Excess report, published annually by the Institute for Policy...