Angus Deaton argues that the present level of inequality is a threat to “democratic capitalism” but contends that historically, even more severe inequality has been reversed.
Read more...Quelle surprise! CEOs back parties with an eye to increasing their own power.
Read more...History shows that incentivizing the wealthy to contribute to the population’s basic needs makes everyone a winner.
Read more...Quelle surprise! Workers want a steady paycheck.
Read more...There are good reasons to be leery of billionaires colonizing a public sector activity like space exploration.
Read more...Why Trump’s tax “reforms” didn’t deliver on growth, just on rentierism.
Read more...Why the success of the far right shows that neoliberalism is very much alive and well.
Read more...Recognizing social mobility as yet another “divide and conquer” strategy.
Read more...Many NGOs around the world are fighting inequality between the rich and the poor, but the bigger NGOs are unwilling to fight policies that keep rich NGOs richer.
Read more...This Real News Network interview discusses the threat of superdelegates intervening in the 2020 Democratic party convention.
Read more...A personal retrospective on the forces driving the rise and decline (and hopeful revival) of unions.
Read more...Looking at how specific income-boosting policies reduce deaths.
Read more...A far-ranging plan for cleaning up the student loan mess.
Read more...The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf has a go at Donald Trump, but manages to score an own goal as far as his profession is concerned.
Read more...Kicking the tires of a wealth tax.
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