Tag: inequality

Our world’s richest are increasingly monopolizing the smarts of our smartest.

Like rose-colored glasses, anti-systemic glasses make economic problems appear less dangerous, narrower, and more limited in effects than they actually are.

Analysts across the political spectrum are challenging more than oversized CEO paychecks

"We need to pass my bill to prohibit the use of biometric technologies by federal entities and law enforcement so that people like Porcha aren't wrongly accused."

Hundreds of prestigious economists don’t think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.

"We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."

Democrats introduce a bill to hike fuel taxes on private jets and invest the new revenue in public transportation.

High earners need to come around to the idea that they would benefit from progressive taxes and other policies to create an economy that works for everyone.

Pay levels for top U.S. corporate execs have lost any connection to organizational rationality.

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?