Can We Measure Inequality Without Tallying the Wealth of Our Wealthy?
Hundreds of prestigious economists don’t think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.
Taxes on the Wealthy Could Fund Reparations—and Create a More Equal America for Everyone
Congress should establish a national commission to examine the legacy of slavery and propose reparations funded by breaking up concentrated wealth in the United States.
Wealth Hoarding and Capitalist Capture
In this episode of “For the Wild,” guest Cuck Collins dives deeply into the world of wealth hoarding and staggering inequality.
A Peek into the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Poverty Action Congress
If there’s one thing the Poor People’s Campaign knows how to do, it is: energizing a room full of people with hearty music and mesmerizing messages. The Poor People’s Campaign Moral Poverty Action Congress (PPC Congress) took place last week starting Juneteenth (June...
Getting Past Stars and Swipes Forever
In 1776, public-spirited patriots emerged from the ranks of America’s most privileged. Today’s richest offer up precious little of that public spirit. Why?
The Boldest Step to Close the Racial Wealth Divide in Generations
One state’s “Baby Bonds” program should be a model for the whole country.
Wealth Inequality, Trade Agreements & How a Progressive Annual Wealth Tax Could Help Promote Economic Democracy
Omar Ocampo joins Bringing Light into Darkness (BLID) to discuss IPS’ Report: “Extreme Wealth: The Growing Number of People With Extreme Wealth and What an Annual Wealth Tax Could Raise.”
The First Trillionaire: No Cause for Celebration
We’ll never, as a nation, take on the ultra-rich if millions of Americans identify with them.
There’s No Debate Over Debt—Only About Priorities
If the GOP cared about debt, they’d stop cutting rich people’s taxes and give the Pentagon a haircut. So what’s this really about?
The Two Decades That Created Our World’s First Mass Middle Class
If we take on our rich, we can recreate that success.
The Ultra-Wealthy Have a Private Jet Problem
This expensive, carbon-intensive form of travel is bad for both the earth and the taxpayers who subsidize it for the ultra-rich.
We Must Not Dance, Harry Belafonte Understood, to a Billionaire Beat
This epochal artist helped us see that justice for all requires a just distribution of wealth.
Seriously Auditing the Rich Makes Sense. Seriously Taxing the Rich Can Save Us.
Our tax code ought to give every American a full “cost of living” exemption from high tax and impose higher marginal tax rates on income above that cost-of-living benchmark.
Reparations Are Expensive — but Not Repairing the Harm Costs More
The racial wealth divide between Black and White Americans is much bigger — and more stubborn — than many of us realize. The median African-American household has just 6 percent of the wealth of the median White American household, the Institute for Policy Studies...
It’s Time We Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share
Dismantling the IRS, whether by cutting its funding or abolishing it outright, is a gift to the ultra-wealthy for whom U.S. taxes are already becoming voluntary.