Off the Deep End: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low-Wage Workers
The financial industry’s 2015 bonuses were double the combined earnings of all Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage.
Wall Street Bonuses Double Full-time Minimum Wage Worker Earnings
Wall Street bonuses totaled $25 billion in 2015 —double the combined annual earnings of all American full-time minimum wage workers.
Game Changers: How We Can Unrig the Rules and Reverse Runaway Inequality
Eight bold solutions, rooted in social movements, that can break through our broken political system.
How Will the Candidates Tax the Rich?
Bernie and Hillary have each laid out detailed plans to reduce inequality through reforming the tax code. Here’s where they stand.
CEO Stock(ing) Stuffers
Loophole allowed 10 companies to shave $180 million off their taxes for CEO pay last year.
Seven Substantive Issues That Divide the Democratic Candidates
In a field defined more by conformity than contradiction, here’s where the candidates split.
It’s Time to Rein in Wall Street Pay
Five years after Dodd-Frank, we’re still waiting for Wall Street pay reforms.
How Would Francis Invest?
Heed the pope’s call to tread more lightly upon the Earth by making your money fossil-free.
3 Charts That Show Just How Much Wall Street Bonuses Swamp Low-Wage Worker Pay
We’re unfairly rewarding the people whose work we couldn’t do without, such as taking care of the elderly.
Off the Deep End: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low-Wage Workers
The financial industry’s 2014 bonuses were double the combined earnings of all Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage.
A Budget Plan for the People
The President’s populist budget will leave Republicans scrambling to explain why they don’t support it.
Our Widely Ignored Redistribution Up
If redistribution is so terrible, why do our policy wonks pay so little attention to redistribution from poor to rich?
Dueling Wall Street Taxes
Obama officials have presented the big bank fee as an alternative to a financial transaction tax — but these taxes address two very different problems.
The London Whale-Sized Loopholes in Wall Street Pay Reform
While the European Union’s new banker pay standards may be imperfect, they do represent tougher regulations that the U.S. can learn from.
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.”