Income disparity Archives - Page 129 of 217

Amazon Wins!!!

Tallying how much Amazon extracted from taxpayers with its second headquarters bake off.

American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall: Rise in Suicides, Overdose Deaths the Big Culprit

America’s falling life expectancy is a symptom of rising social distress.

Corporate PACs Plot Counterstrategy to Thwart Campaign Finance Reform

The National Association of Business Political Action Committees (NABPAC), which lobbies on behalf of PACs, believes the problem with America’s system of campaign finance is there’s not enough money in politics.

Don Quijones: Wall Street Mega-Landlord Blackstone Turns Screw on Spanish Government & Property Market

Blackstone is a major operator in the Spanish property market. This post discusses the Spanish government’s plans to enact modest protections for tenants by reforming rent laws. Will the government respond to tenant needs, or give way to the private equity firm’s implicit threat to reduce its Spanish property investments? Alas, it looks likely that the government will fail to deliver on its reform pledge.

‘We Are Not Robots’: Amazon Workers Walk out on Black Friday over Low Wages and ‘Inhuman Conditions’

The Amazon strikes in Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Sears Bankruptcy Engineered to Benefit Executives and Stiff Workers

Another look at the ugly Sears bankruptcy.

New York Media Touts Private Equity Obamist Deval Patrick as Presidential Candidate

Why is the media covering up that Deval Patrick became wealthy via asset-stripping at Bain Capital?

IMF Pushes Neoliberal Policies in Latin America

The IMF is back again, flexing its muscle in Argentina and Mexico, pushing the neoliberal Washington Consensus, says Vijay Prashad in this Real News Network interview.

When the Middle Class Lost Its Wealth

Until 2008, rising home values gave the middle class a cushion amid growing income inequality. But following the financial crisis, that wealth has failed to return.