No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity
Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.
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Inequality and Climate Change
A couple of relatively obvious facts: One: It’s no secret—rich people and large corporations have a disproportionate share
Race Inequality, Class Inequality
In 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the fourth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO, an overwhelmingly white audience: Our
Death and Inequality
Health outcomes and death rates are strongly connected to the large economic inequality that exists in the United States.
The Inflation Reality and the Attack on Wages
Inflation was slow throughout the second half of 2022. Yet you wouldn’t know this from newspaper headlines, statements from
What Can We Learn from Agriculture?
Farmers have learned to respond to market forces, for better and for worse.
Dr. Dollar: Economic Inequality and Homelessness
Good-quality, safe, and affordable housing is fundamental to personal well-being and security. But for millions of U.S. families and
Power, Wages, and Inequality
A recent government report has an unexpected focus--power in the workplace.
Dear Dr. Dollar: Corporate Taxes: Less, Less, and Less
It seems that corporations say they need low taxes in order to do research, innovate, invest, and remain competitive. Why not take them at their word and offer them low taxes on specific terms? Say, a 10% tax on before-tax profits that are used for research, capital investment, workforce development
Dear Dr. Dollar: Financialization and Inequality
Is financialization responsible for the great increase in economic inequality of recent decades in the United States? --Anonymous, via e-mail
Dear Dr. Dollar: Climate Change, Social Justice, and the Green New Deal
The Green New Deal combines proposals to combat climate change with social justice proposals. I care about and work for social justice, but doesn't combating climate change need to be given top priority regardless of the impact on social justice? After all, if climate change isn't stopped, there wil
Dear Dr. Dollar: Do People Care About Extreme Inequality?
The extreme inequality we have in this country is not fair. According to a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), in 2016 the bottom 40% of households on average had a negative net worth (assets minus liabilities) of $9,000. In that same year, the richest 10% of households had