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.
19 articles
Picketing Wealth Inequality
Review of Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Picketty. Harvard University Press, 2014.
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. IV
To summarize the argument of Capital thus far, Piketty has found that over long stretches of time and in many
Live-Blogging Piketty: An Interlude (Response to Chris Giles)
Should We Count Out Piketty Due to Sum Math Errors? While I am here in Paris reading Capital in the
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. III
Chris Giles and Ferdinando Giugliano raised some concerns about Thomas Piketty's data in yesterday's Financial Times.
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading Pt. II
Capital in the Twenty-First Century Part II Part II of Capital in the Twenty-First Century focuses on the functional distribution
Live-Blogging Piketty: Reading the Book (Pt. 1)
More at The Real News Above is a half-hour-long video from The Real News Network of an interview our friend
Live-Blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt. 3
My last post summarized the positive reviews of Piketty and focused on some of the best of these. This post
Live-blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt. 2
This is the third of our book reviewer Steve Pressman's live-blogging posts on Thomas Piketty's Capital
Live-Blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt 1
This is the second in our book reviewer Steve Pressman's series of posts on Thomas Piketty's
A Prologomena to Any Future Reading of Piketty
We have remained silent on Piketty's book, partly because our reviewer, Steve Pressman, had promised to review it
Going Postal
Review of The Public Bank Solution: From Austerity to Prosperity by Ellen Brown. Third Millenium Press, 2013.
Failing to Make the Grade
A review of Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting our Money and Failing our Kids—And What We Can Do About It by Andrew Hacker & Claudia Dreifus (New York: Time Books, 2010).