This City Just Came Up With a Novel Way to Fight Inequality. It Starts With Bold Grassroots Action.
Portland, Oregon has just adopted the first tax penalty on corporations that pay their CEOs more than 100 times what they pay typical workers.
Born on Third Base – Author Talk with Chuck Collins
Join the conversation with IPS’s Chuck Collins and a signing of his new book that offers a new narrative on how the wealthy can mobilize against inequality.
Trump’s Choice for Treasury Led Foreclosures on Thousands of Families
We can say goodbye to the candidate who promised to fix a rigged economic system.
Perils of Top-Heavy Philanthropy
Charities are increasingly reliant on larger donations from a smaller number of high net-worth donors.
When Billionaires Dominate Philanthropy
Unchecked, private foundations can become blocks of concentrated unaccountable power with considerable clout in shaping our laws and culture.
New IPS Report Warns of Increasingly Top-Heavy Philanthropy
Concentrated Giving by Wealthy Donors along with Falling Donations by Non-Wealthy Pose Risks to Independent Sector and Civil Society
Report: Gilded Giving
Top-Heavy Philanthropy in an Age of Extreme Inequality
Minimum Wage Increases Won Big in 2016
Here’s how the key inequality-related ballot initiatives we were tracking turned out.
Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency
But few of the 60 million Americans who cast their votes for Trump want to see a more top-heavy America.
Ballot Initiatives to Watch if You Care About Inequality
On Nov. 8, voters in many states will weigh in on a variety of inequality-related issues, from taxing the wealthy to price-gouging on drugs.
Book Tour: Born on Third Base
Meet and talk with with IPS’s Chuck Collins touring and signing his new book that offers a new narrative on how the wealthy can mobilize against inequality.
Our Society is Unequal By Design
A new book from veteran researcher Dean Baker looks at the rigged rules that drive wealth to concentrate in fewer and fewer hands.
Why Inequality Turns Technology Toxic
A new book draws from thousands of years of history to show that innovation flourishes in egalitarian settings and is stifled by cut-throat by competition.
Why Our Kids Are Coming in Last Place
New global research links income inequality to the poor fitness of America’s youth.
Wells Fargo CEO Should Pay Back All Scam-Inflated Pay
$154 million of Stumpf’s pay, subsidized by taxpayers, qualified for this write-off between 2012 and 2015.