Feb 16, 2017
Fortune 500 chiefs make twice as much in a month as U.S. workers make in a decade. But any move to require corporations to document that disparity would be shameful, a new Trump appointee argues.
Feb 16, 2017
Tax evasion by the wealthiest Americans is drying up our heartland communities and squelching opportunities for our young people.
Feb 15, 2017
The racial wealth divide today has not decreased since James Baldwin died in 1987.
Feb 8, 2017
The deeply unequal America of 2006 had a greater proportion of low-wealth households than the America of earlier postwar decades — that contrast really mattered.
Jan 25, 2017
100 CEOs have as much saved for retirement as 11 million black families, reflecting a broader problem of institutionalized racism in the U.S.
Sep 27, 2016
Her plan would generate $260 billion over ten years, exclusively from multimillionaires and billionaires, to help reverse extreme wealth inequality.
Sep 14, 2016
A more equal distribution of wealth would make downturns in the economy less devastating.
Aug 10, 2016
It would take the average black family 228 years to accrue the same amount of wealth that white families have today.
Jul 13, 2016
For the first time, Democrats are acknowledging America’s deep racial wealth gap — Here’s how we can start to close it.
Jun 16, 2016
The only thing Koch’s new campaign is missing is the truth: we need policies aimed at redistributing wealth.
Apr 28, 2016
We can’t just tax billionaires’ paychecks. We should tax the wealth they’ve already amassed.
Apr 27, 2016
America’s wealth concentration has increased tenfold since Bill Clinton first ran for president.
Feb 25, 2016
Veteran analyst Gar Alperovitz is helping America see how we can create wealth without creating a super wealthy.
Feb 11, 2016
The wealth gap between the presidential candidates and average Americans could hardly be more stark.