Author Event: The Rich Don’t Always Win – MD
Join veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow Sam Pizzigati for a discussion and signing of his new book.
Occupy Wall Street Paved the Way
When will the really huge crowds come out to the streets?
Bilked by Banks
Wall Street’s misdeeds haven’t loomed large this election year.
Our Press Freedom is under Fire
In its latest assessment, Reporters Without Borders ranked the United States No. 47 for media freedom.
The Nonsense Zone
IPS is grateful to Bill O’Reilly for this opportunity to showcase our proud history of public scholarship on inequality, peace, justice, and the environment.
Bank CEOs Gain as Millions Lose Dreams, Retirement to Foreclosure
While foreclosures have devastated the financial security of millions of American families, the CEOs of Wells Fargo and Bank of America have seen their retirement packages balloon.
New Book: 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do about It, by Chuck Collins
In “99 to 1,” Chuck Collins pulls together detailed information about the 1 percent and the 99 percent in all realms of society, the causes and consequences of this deep inequality, and what can be done about it. His book provides answers to the growing population of everyday Americans who are paying closer attention to the 99 percent movement.
Review: Occupy World Street
A new book on economic inequality puts environmental sustainability at the heart of global economics.
Thanks to Occupy, Senate Looks at Inequality
I had the opportunity to testify on inequality before the Senate Budget Committee last week. No one seems to recall the last time the committee devoted a whole hearing to this issue.
Police Can’t Raid Our Dreams
The Occupy movement has made millions of Americans think harder about our economic, environmental, and political realities, and that has the potential to change everything.
A Better Way of Measuring Progress in Maryland
GDP doesn’t measure most of what’s necessary for a good life.
Overthrow Wall Street
We may not yet have reached our Tahrir Square moment, but it’s looming.
Dollar Democracy
Some eras are more corrupt than others.
Occupy Nigeria
Africa’s most populous nation has a unique history of fighting against injustice.
From Davos to Dystopia
A new report from the World Economic Forum that tries to make sense of the wave of protest and unrest sweeping the world may signal a new approach to global security in Western capitals.