How the Rich Got Richer
As more and more pass-through business income goes to the super-rich, the income share of the top 1% doubles.
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Wages, Employment, and Immigration
Instead of competing with native-born workers for jobs, immigrant workers actually tend to complement native-born workers.
Better Wages and Working Conditions: The Workers Will Come
While many things taught in introductory economics courses are nonsense, it seems to be true that higher wages will attract more workers.
Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy
There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.
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