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

US Inequality Reaching Record Highs

Sam Pizzigati discusses growing economic inequality in the US, how to employ taxation to close the gap, and the importance of unions and worker power.

The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts the Entire Middle Class

By bridging the racial wealth divide, we can reduce the economic inequality that’s holding down our entire country.

The NBA’s China Fiasco Shows What Businesses Value

Companies willingly censor or condemn free speech to retain market share in authoritarian countries. Just ask NBA General Manager Daryl Morey.

Financing Medicare for All Isn’t All That Complicated

Paying for Medicare for All without raising taxes is possible if we commit to slashing military spending and Pentagon waste.

Can an Economic Stat Help Narrow Our Grand Economic Divide?

Egalitarian-minded economics are pushing for a ‘GDP 2.0’ — and getting some lawmaker help.

Help Spread the Word: #WhoIsBuyingSeattle

Help us spread the word about our report: Who is Buying Seattle? The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom

Where Is ‘Line Worker Barbie’?

CEO-worker pay gaps are the clearest proof that corporations like Mattel and many others don’t respect their employees.

A ‘Red Deal’: Why Indigenous Communities Belong at the Center of Climate Action

Policies that aren’t rooted in Indigenous communities can cause many of the same oppressive outcomes as extraction.

Report: Who is Buying Seattle?

Who is Buying Seattle? The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom Chuck Collins Introduction: Seattle is experiencing a luxury real estate boom, with thousands of new luxury residential and rental units in different stages of development. A decade from now, Seattle’s...

Even Alongside Impeachment, AOC’s Plan to Eradicate Poverty Should Be Headline News

While Trump’s potential impeachment dominates news feeds, let’s not lose sight of the deep policy changes needed to make this country work for all of us.

Black Worker Initiative

Criminalization of Race and Poverty

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Global Economy

Inequality.org

Program on Inequality and the Common Good

National Priorities Project

Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Reports

Report: Corporate Tax Cuts Boost CEO Pay, Not Jobs

Sarah Anderson | August 30, 2017

This 24th annual report rebuts the GOP claim that slashing the corporate tax rate will lead to more and better jobs.

Report: Reversing Inequality

Chuck Collins | August 7, 2017

Unleashing the Transformative Potential of an Equitable Economy

Report: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low Wage Workers

Sarah Anderson | March 15, 2017

The 2016 bonus pool held enough dollars to lift the pay of all of the country's more than 3 million servers up to $15 an hour.

Report: Gilded Giving

Chuck Collins, Helen Flannery, Josh Hoxie | November 16, 2016

Top-Heavy Philanthropy in an Age of Extreme Inequality

Report: Combat Vs. Climate

Miriam Pemberton, Nathan Doctor, Ellen Powell | October 5, 2016

The Military and Climate Security Budgets Compared

Report: Ever-Growing Gap

Chuck Collins, Dedrick Asante-Muhammed, Josh Hoxie, Emanuel Nieves | August 8, 2016

Without Change, African-American and Latino Families Won't Match White Wealth for Centuries

Utilities Pay Up

Sarah Anderson, Janet Redman, Scott Klinger | July 19, 2016

How ending tax dodging by America's electric utilities can help fund a job-creating, clean energy transition.

Report: Mothers at the Gate

Karen Dolan, Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, Nell Bernstein | May 4, 2016

A movement of family members is developing around the country that aims to challenge both the conditions in which their loved ones are held and the fact of mass incarceration itself.

Executive Excess 2015: Money to Burn

Sarah Anderson, Sam Pizzigati, Chuck Collins | September 2, 2015

This 22nd annual report reveals how CEO pay is accelerating climate change.