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
Executive Compensation and the Culture of Wall Street
Answers to frequently asked questions about the bailout bonus scandals.
Why It’s in Our Interest to Support a Global Stimulus
Ignoring the problems of the poorest economies, even in tough times like these, will come back to haunt us. Let’s support a global stimulus for a globalized world.
The Foundation of the Racial Divide
People of all racial and ethnic backgrounds must recognize the racial wealth divide, and work together to overcome it.
Beyond the AIG Bonuses
Many taxpayer subsidies for executive excess have not yet hit the headlines.
What Would the Man Who Got Us Out of the Last Depression Do About Wall Street’s Greed?
What would FDR do if he were around to see AIG’s bonus bozos spit in the face of the American taxpayer?
Looking for Support in Hard Economic Times?
Part mutual aid association and part social action group, common security clubs offer a great way to take action.
Common Security Clubs: Working Together to Face Hard times
Across the U.S., a mini-movement of people coming together to build security in economic bad times.
Paying for a Strong Economy
IPS scholars find that taxes on the wealthy don’t hurt consumption, and discourage the type of speculation that fueled the high-tech and housing bubbles.
Obama Is Right to Take on the Very Rich
They’re paying far less of their incomes in taxes than average Americans.
Corporate America, Ground Your Jets
The American taxpayer, reeling from the economic meltdown, doesn’t feel like subsidizing lavish jets and bonuses any more.
Reports
Cashing in on Our Homes: Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction
Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health
How U.S. Trade Policy Failed Workers — And How to Fix It
Reimagining School Safety
Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration
Gilded Giving 2020: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy
White Supremacy is the Preexisting Condition: Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide
Black Immigrant Domestic Workers in the Time of COVID-19
Report: Billionaire Bonanza 2020
Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
