Tag: wealth inequality
New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the...
Economist Gabriel Zucman's analysis reveals that for the first time, U.S. billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans, sparking a renewed debate on wealth tax.
Can Brazil convince the world to tax billionaire wealth?
The ambitious goal: To shove the case for taxing the wealth of our world’s wealthiest onto the world’s political stage.
The next big billionaire thing: Hunting humans?
Can we actually start taxing the rich again?
Economic inequality exposed: The Roosevelt reports unmask the fallacy of corporate...
"Reforming corporate tax policies is crucial for building a more equitable economy."
Make America mad again. Mad about the trillions of dollars taken...
Decades of wealth transfer in America: How trillions moved from the many to the few
Billionaires urge world leaders for higher wealth taxes at Davos Summit
Millionaires and billionaires, often seen as beneficiaries of global economic policies, are advocating for higher taxes on their wealth.
$8.5 trillion untaxed: The urgent call for a billionaire income tax
Recent analysis reveals that America's wealthiest hold $8.5 trillion in untaxed assets, spotlighting the critical need for tax reform to address growing wealth inequality.
In our deeply unequal world, the garbage rises ever higher
On Everest and elsewhere,the rich are creating waste.
Republicans look to give themselves a pay raise after securing benefit...
"House Republicans are moving to give themselves a raise while taking an ax to education, health, and other essential programs that help grow the economy by growing the middle class."
Tenants push Biden for rent control on all government-backed housing
‘They got richer, and we got priced out!’
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As Americans ration care, health insurers rake in record $71.3 billion in profits
Despite rising out-of-pocket costs and millions losing coverage, U.S. health insurance giants posted record profits in 2024 while their CEOs took home a combined $146 million.
Questioning the corporation
From trading posts to tech empires, corporations continue to grow in strength. Without reform, their power may soon eclipse public control entirely.
Trump’s tariff tsunami
The better-prepared industries and countries put up their own protective walls. The rest take out their lifejackets and hope for the best.
Plastics endanger human, planetary health at ‘every stage of their lifecycle,’ study finds
From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, recycling and disposal, the study concluded that plastics are a "grave, growing, and under-recognized danger" causing disease and death.
Trump’s IgNobel Peace Prize
As if these six victories are not enough, stay tuned for new peace treaties that will end the Wars on Science, Education, Rational Thought, a Free Press, and "the big one"!—Habeas Corpus.