The New Yorker Archives - Institute for Policy Studies

The Getty Family’s Trust Issues

Jan 16, 2023

Heirs to an iconic fortune sought out a wealth manager who would assuage their progressive consciences. Now their dispute is exposing dynastic secrets.

Inequality Has Soared During the Pandemic—and So Has C.E.O. Compensation

Jul 30, 2021

What would it take to arouse a sense of financial restraint among America’s top corporate executives and the people who set their pay? More than a global pandemic, it turns out. … Read the full article at The New Yorker.

The Democrats’ Cautious Return to the War on Poverty

Jun 30, 2019

The poor used to matter—at least as far as political rhetoric goes. About half a century ago, Lyndon Johnson launched a war not on the struggles of the American middle class but on poverty—which had been revived as a major issue by activists and public intellectuals...

The widening racial wealth divide

Oct 5, 2016

“Race still determines too much,” Hillary Clinton said, in last week’s debate with Donald Trump. It “often determines where people live, determines what kind of education in their public schools they can get, and, yes, it determines how they’re treated in the...