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
Ike Wanted to Spread Wealth, Too
The wealthy of the Eisenhower years paid a hefty share of their income in taxes.
Make the Speculators Pay
Funds for the economic recovery should come from the Wall Street gamblers and the wealthy CEOs who profited from the casino economy.
The Massive Wealth Redistribution that Doesn’t Bother John McCain
Upward wealth redistribution has taken billions of dollars out of the pockets of average Americans.
Talking Points: Economic Meltdown
The following document is a series of talking points, in an easy-to-read question-and-answer format, on the key questions being discussed today about the global economic meltdown.
Rewrite Bailout Rules on CEO Pay
Paulson’s new plan still sides with the executives and shortchanges the taxpayers.
Analysis of Treasury Department Rules on Executive Compensation for Bailout Firms
Treasury Department’s new rules clarify some provisions in the bailout but fail to set monetary limits for CEO pay.
Truth, Lies, the Bailout, and CEO Pay
The bailout does precious little to limit the extravagant pay that gives top executives the incentive to behave outrageously.
Reaction to Bailout Vote
IPS analysts say Wall Street, not taxpayers, should pay.
IPS Plan to Pay for Recovery
Where to Find $900 Billion from the Wall Street Speculators.
Secretary of Commerce: Margot Dorfman; Secretary of State: Jim McDermott
Our Picks for an Obama Cabinet: Parts 1 & 2.
Reports
REPORT: Silver Spoon Oligarchs
Executive Excess 2021
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
