Tipping Is a Legacy of Slavery That It’s Time to Outgrow
It’s bad for workers, customers, and the economy alike when employers pass the cost of a living wage entirely on to their customers.
Can Economics Embrace Economic Justice?
A provocative speech implores mainstream economists to recognize the moral burden on economists
Toward A Shared Prosperity
IPS Fellow Sarah Anderson is a featured panelist in the conference on rethinking the corporate social contract for greater economic justice.
I Have the Right to Own a Gun, But Not to Basic Needs
State and local governments should enact Economic Bills of Rights to redefine human rights for the 21st century.
C-SPAN: The Emerging Racial Justice Agenda
The Institute for Policy Studies hosts “The Emerging Racial Justice Agenda,” a brown bag honoring the just-released policy agenda of the Movement for Black Lives.
Social Entrepreneurship & Grassroots Development in Senegal
A seminar about Bégué Coco, a unique social enterprise that is creating jobs for youth, building the local, healthy living movement, and supporting environmental preservation.
The Fight Against Austerity and the Rise of the New European Left
Join high-level representatives from Greece’s SYRIZA, Spain’s PODEMOS, and Germany’s DIE LINKE to discuss the impact of austerity and the alternative policy agendas of these parties.
Fight for $15 Reaches New Heights
The Fight for $15 campaign has grown into a broad-based social movement.
Author Event: Private Equity at Work
IPS’ Inequality & The Common Good, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Teaching for Change Bookstore, and Busboys present Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt to discuss and sign their new book about, “When Wall Street Manages Main Street.”
Three Killings
Recent murders in France, Florida, and California are all linked to a new enclosure movement.
The Twilight of Tyranny?
Are we seeing the last of the world’s dictators?