A Sudden Surge of Statistical Confusion
The New York Times and the Washington Post have done some solid reporting on inequality. But this past week doesn’t rank among their finest moments.
Eight Ways To Reduce Global Inequality
By taxing progressively, respecting worker rights, and rethinking economics, we could make a great start at creating a more equal world.
Our 100 Most Overpaid Corporate CEOs
This new report on inequality and CEO pay ought to become an annual exercise.
A Tiny Step Toward Ending a CEO Scam
The SEC finally moves, ever so slightly, against wagers that reward CEOs when their companies fail.
A Budget Plan for the People
The President’s populist budget will leave Republicans scrambling to explain why they don’t support it.
Are Taxes the Real NFL Scandal?
With all the NFL scandals from this past season, the one that has received the least attention is the easiest to solve: the league’s tax-exempt status.
Our Widely Ignored Redistribution Up
If redistribution is so terrible, why do our policy wonks pay so little attention to redistribution from poor to rich?
A Kerfuffle Over Global Wealth Stats
Can we trust Oxfam’s latest numbers on global inequality? Critics don’t think we should. But their pushback is getting pushback aplenty.
GOP Finally Discovers Inequality?
First they were the inequality-deniers. Now you might call them the inequality-opportunists.
New “Blue-Ribbon Panel Report” on Inequality Has a Major Blindspot
To save our democracy — which a major new report on our grand divide never gets around to recognizing — we need to contemplate our plutocracy.
Understanding the Trust Fund Loophole
The White House is going after the tax code provision that lets the super rich avoid billions of dollars of taxes.
Top Five Inequality Moments of 2014
From Thomas Piketty to Black Lives Matter, inequality remains a top issue for Americans. Here’s a roundup of the top 5 inequality moments of 2014.
The Fed Finds an America Deeply Divided
The ‘average’ U.S. family is doing just fine, suggests the Federal Reserve’s latest triennial portrait of household wealth. But typical Americans are struggling. Could both be true?
A New Gameplan for Taking Down Privatizers
The outsourcing of public services to private go-getters has concentrated wealth the whole world over. The best answer to that concentration? That just may be new forms of public ownership.
How Much Wealth Are Our Wealthiest Hiding?
More than enough, the latest statistical evidence suggests, to warrant a full-fledged federal search. A new banking law in effect this month could start that search in the right direction.