Category Archives: Income disparity

Families Drowning in Debt to Stay in the Middle Class

Young people with pretty high incomes are sinking under debt.

Climate Equity: What Is It?

Why the AOC-Kamala Harris climate equity scheme fails as climate and economic policy.

Reclaiming the Commons Through State Ownership? Maybe Not

Transnational state capital can be just as harmful as its private counterparts. Local, democratic and sustainable alternatives offer better protection.

The “Existential Battle” Is for Control of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party operatives would have voters focus on Trump, as opposed to the batttle within their party over the Sanders-led effort to implement policies that serve Americans broadly, not the top 10% .

Nobel Economist Angus Deaton: Inequality is Destroying Democratic Capitalism

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.

The Politics of CEOs

Quelle surprise! CEOs back parties with an eye to increasing their own power.

Willing to Pay for Security: Gig Workers, Freelancers, and the Self-Employed Want Steady Jobs

Quelle surprise! Workers want a steady paycheck.

Why Are Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos So Interested in Space?

There are good reasons to be leery of billionaires colonizing a public sector activity like space exploration.

The Numbers Are In, and Trump’s Tax Cuts Are a Bust

Why Trump’s tax “reforms” didn’t deliver on growth, just on rentierism.

The ‘New Right’ Is Not a Reaction to Neoliberalism, but Its Offspring

Why the success of the far right shows that neoliberalism is very much alive and well.