Tag: wealth
How wealthy have our super wealthy become?
It turns out we know far less, by contrast, about Americans who live amid great wealth.
Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the rest
Meanwhile, most Americans are subject to an increasingly harsh and arbitrary capitalism.
The big economic switcheroo
America’s wealthy have never been wealthier. They should pay their fair share of taxes. The big switcheroo should be reversed.
The inequality to be suffered by our children
Unless progressive policies are demanded by American voters, most of our children and grandchildren will suffer from the continuing expansion of a Great-Depression-like wealth gap that already "dwarfs" the rest of the developed world.
Infographic: This is how much equality a $30 trillion inheritance can...
What it means to be an heir in the U.S., and a few big ideas on how to use the largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever.
An arena full of the richest Americans would own as much...
We just have to hope Americans have learned about the greed and deception of that arena full of super-rich.
Yes, deniers, millions of Americans are among the poorest people in...
Why is it so hard for people with wealth and power to admit all this?
What’s killing America’s middle class?
Just as progressives deliberately pushed public policies to create the middle class, so are today's economic royalists deliberately pushing plutocratic policies to destroy it.
How inequality is killing off humanity
In the U.S., where wealth inequality is extreme and getting worse, the richest .01 percent are wealth-obese.
How our banking system destroys the free market
The foundation of an economy is money. And if the creation, value and availability of that money are controlled by few elites instead of a free market then it doesn’t matter how complex and a giant system we build.
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Grow your own food—and a kinder world: How veganic farming can turn your garden...
More than just growing food without animal products, veganic farming reimagines agriculture as a space where humans, wildlife, and even soil microbes can coexist and flourish together, offering a bold and compassionate alternative to traditional organic methods.
Two visions of the US will compete at the World Cup
A big tent coalition is harnessing the energy surrounding the World Cup to imagine a more free and democratic United States.
Once upon a time (and not any time either!)
My strange tale of how the war on terror came home in the age of Donald J. Trump.
Gaza surgeon wins New Jersey House primary on healthcare not bombs campaign
Dr. Adam Hamawy, a retired Army combat surgeon who treated patients in Gaza during Israel’s assault on the enclave, won New Jersey’s Democratic primary in a deep-blue congressional district after running on a platform centered on healthcare, economic reform, immigration policy, and opposition to U.S. support for the war in Gaza.
Trump hands top intelligence role to loyalist with no national security experience
President names housing regulator Bill Pulte to oversee 18 intelligence agencies despite no known background in intelligence, defense, or military service, raising bipartisan concerns about experience, accountability, and political loyalty.