The Ever-Shrinking Trillion Dollar Club
A handy yardstick for gauging how rapidly our wealth is concentrating.
Blogging Our Great Divide
New developments on the inequality front? Our Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org editorial team tracks them here.
Nit-Picking Piketty
Conservative economists tried to embarrass Thomas Piketty at the American Economic Association annual meeting in Boston. They ended up embarrassing only themselves.
The Complications of Global Inequality
Don't let inequality apologists spin global numbers to dismiss concerns over our top-heavy economic order.
To End Extreme Poverty, Let’s Try Ending Extreme Wealth
The world’s wealthy gathered in the Alps last week to discuss how to ‘solve’ our world’s toughest problems. The biggest? That, suggests one anti-poverty outfit, may be their fortunes.
Financial Professionals Support Transaction Tax
More than 50 financial industry experts endorsed a letter calling for a tax to rein in Wall Street speculation
Trickle-Down in the Other ‘Down Under’
GOP White House hopefuls want taxes on the rich cut even lower than they’ve already been cut. What might a tax-the-rich-even-less future bring? The land of the kiwi offers one frightful answer.