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Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...
The GOP plan slashes Medicaid, SNAP, and other core safety net programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires, mass deportation ...
Sustainergy has helped retrofit thousands of homes in Cincinnati. I’m more proud of the family-sustaining jobs we’ve created.
This week, we released a crucial new report revealing the true cost of billionaire philanthropy to taxpayers, the nonprofit sector, and our society. The report comprehensively details how the ...
“It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people . . . It is the struggling masses who are the foundation ...
Trump’s trade policies have been wildly unpredictable in the first two months of his second presidency. Tariff deadlines have come and been delayed with no rhyme or reason, leaving cross-border trade ...
The private jet lobby is pushing hard for a massive tax break for billionaires and centi-millionaires that use the most polluting form of transportation on the planet. Legislation rapidly moving ...
Income Inequality Income includes the revenue streams from wages, salaries, interest on a savings account, dividends from shares of stock, rent, and profits from selling something for more than you ...
My Capital & Main piece began with a deathbed promise to a friend, not the usual way I start assignments. My friend, a man in his mid-sixties, was dying from a terminal form of cancer. His oncologist ...
The following is written testimony prepared for a March 17, 2021 Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America.” Thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member ...
The nature of the financial industry facilitates offshore tax dodging. Transactions in the multi-trillion dollar global derivatives market, for example, can be recorded nearly anywhere in the world to ...
Increasing taxes on high income earners helped raise revenue without hampering the wealth of the millionaire class in Massachusetts and Washington, according to a new policy brief from the Institute ...