“Leaving the rich out of the equation.” Sam Pizzigati reports on the protest by economists worldwide against the World Bank’s “shared prosperity” method of tracking gaps in income and wealth.
The World Bank’s Way of Tracking Inequality
Tag: Wealth Inequality
Caitlin Johnstone: If Everyone Is King, No One Is
Taxes on the Rich: One-Sixth of What They Used to Be
Chuck Collins and Bob Lord summarize the radical tax transformation in the U.S. over the past 65 years, particularly since 1980.
Study of 50 Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Confirms ‘Trickle Down’ an Absolute Sham
Supply-side economics fuels inequality, finds a new analysis of 18 countries over the past 50 years. Those who benefit are the super-rich.
LEE CAMP: The Pandemic Dirty Dozen
Palm Sunday: History and Tradition
The time for the followers of Jesus to publicly protest injustices such as wealth inequality is at hand, argues retired Baptist minister Rev. Howard Bess.
The Iron Law of Oligarchy Returns
America likes to think of itself as a land of the Great Middle Class with a government “of, by and for the people.” But that reality has changed drastically over the past several decades, as money and power have created a…
America’s Surge Toward Oligarchy
Exclusive: With the rapid concentration of wealth in a few well-manicured hands and the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court declaring money to be speech, the American surge toward oligarchy has gained what looks like an unstoppable momentum, as JP Sottile explains.