Tag: income inequality

The ruling class is laughing and the working class is ensnared in what I would call Societal Autoimmune Disorder (S.A.D.).

In this new Gilded Age of our current Military Industrial Empire the amount of wealth for many individuals is astounding.

Making breakthroughs for consumers is hard, companies have found. But making fortunes for CEOs is easy.

This is a great example of a clearly defined policy that will directly reverse some of the upward redistribution of income over the last four decades.

The gap between the super-rich and the poor is greater than even a year ago.

If the trend continues for another 30 year time period the average white family’s net worth will grow by $18,000 a year while the average black household will see a growth of $750 and the average Hispanic household a growth of $2,250.

A public health researcher explains why life expectancy in the United States is falling, and it has to do with income inequality rising.

The national debate about widening inequality only focuses on taxing the rich to redistribute their income downward. But what about the upward redistributions hidden inside the market from the rest of the rich?

A national movement is growing for a $15 an hour minimum wage rase—workers at fast-food and big-box retail establishments are striking for a raise. So when will corporate America start moving toward this goal?

Which of the American 'exceptionalism' is most outrageous and destructive? Paul Buchheit discusses the top five hypocrisies of the super-patriots willing to overlook their own faults as they place themselves above other people.