Can Our ‘Labs of Democracy’ Once Again Deliver?
In the near future, our states will have to determine whether we truly tax the rich.
Raising This Tax Would Make the Ultra-Rich Pay Their Fair Share
A reformed estate tax could reduce extreme wealth inequality and end tax breaks for dynasty trusts and other loopholes exploited by the rich.
Would You Recognize a Plutocracy If You Saw One?
A handy guide for understanding when a democracy ceases to be particularly democratic.
The Unpleasant Impact of an Unserious Budget
If you can get past the fuzzy math, Trump’s budget means certain pain for most families — and big tax cuts for the wealthiest few.
Wealthy Heir Says: “Tax Me!”
A beneficiary of family wealth speaks out against a Washington, D.C. proposal to pay for estate tax cuts by shortchanging public services.
The Best Education Our Money Can Buy
Taxpayers are subsidizing the private universities that service America’s rich.
Ending Tax-Dodging by Utilities Could Prompt a Clean Energy Transition
A new IPS report found that there’s a huge amount of money lost in tax breaks that could help low-income families become energy efficient, Janet Redman tells the Real News Network.
America’s Huge Racial Wealth Gap Is No Accident
For the first time, Democrats are acknowledging America’s deep racial wealth gap — Here’s how we can start to close it.
A Green and Dirty Gift
The GOP-led Congress rushed to help the Obama administration meet U.S. commitments under the Paris climate deal.
Blowing Past Political Turbulence
Dawdling lawmakers won’t snuff out the wind industry’s growth.
Costly Labor Scam
Savvy employers play one state against another when they plan new facilities.
Senate Report Reinforces IPS Research on Tax Dodging, Excessive Executive Pay, and Layoffs
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has released a report that underscores the findings of two recent Institute for Policy Studies reports connecting corporate tax dodging with excessive executive pay and worker layoffs.
Think Tanks on the Right and Left Agree: Corporate Tax Holidays Lead to Layoffs, Not Jobs
Left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies and right-leaning Heritage Foundation release the same report findings on the same day: Corporations that claimed tax holidays in 2004 pocketed the cash and downsized workers.