MLB Players Are Getting Stiffed
If corporations treat millionaire assets this way, imagine how they’ll treat you.
The Economy is Thriving. Are You?
Trumpeting rising GDP and disposable income ignores harsh economic realities for working class people.
Stop Saying We Can’t Afford a Green New Deal
If top U.S. corporations can afford to spend over $5 trillion buying back their own shares of stock, the United States can afford a Green New Deal.
For Dell’s Billionaire CEO, Taxing the Ultra-Rich is a Joke
Michael Dell falsely argues that top marginal tax rates as high as 70 percent have never worked.
The Moderate’s Case for a Maximum Wage
Democrats have enough heft in Congress to force floor debates on proposals that meaningfully target inequality, but they’ll need support from their moderate contingent if any real change is to occur.
Prices, Plutocrats, and Corporate Concentration
The more industries monopolize, the wider the gap between our richest and everyone else.
GM, Jobs, and Corporate America’s Incentive to Exploit
Executive pay excess is driving decisions that are turning workers — and their communities — into sacrificial lambs.
Corporations Should Share the Wealth Before Buying Back Stock
Senator Sanders has introduced a bill that would ban Walmart and other big corporations from repurchasing their stock unless they narrow the gaps between CEO and worker pay.
Some Leveraging Inspiration from Old Archimedes
If that ancient Greek could move the world, we can certainly move Walmart.
US, UK Progressive Leaders Aim to Open Corporate Boardrooms to Workers
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren have both launched plans to shift the balance of power from shareholders to workers, including requiring worker representation on boards.
Share the Wealth? Of Course. But When?
Redistribution via the tax code, progressives on both sides of the Atlantic are realizing, only takes us so far. We need to start limiting inequality before it can dig in.
If CEOs Earn 1,000 Times More Than Us, They Don’t Need Taxpayer Dollars
Companies practicing racial or gender inequality cannot receive government dollars. It’s time to do the same for economic inequality.
Is This the End of NAFTA as We Know It?
And why is Mexico being complicit in Trump’s attempt to bully Canada?
Executive Excess 2018
How Taxpayers Subsidize Giant Corporate Pay Gaps
The Arithmetic of the CEO-Worker Pay Divide
Sometimes percentages alone don’t do justice to the injustice of corporate compensation.