Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine
The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.
Henry George
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The Dissing of Henry George
By Polly Cleveland My father, born in 1910, told me that when he was young every educated person read Progress
James Galbraith Tells Us What Everyone Needs to Know About Inequality
By Polly Cleveland Inequality has surged in the U.S. over the last forty years; many observers now blame the
Dead Empires: How China May Overtake the U.S.
By Polly Cleveland “The earth is the tomb of dead empires, no less than of dead men.” Thus wrote the
Piketty’s Model of Inequality and Growth in Historical Context, Pt 2
Part II: The Neoclassical Response to the Classical Theories of Inequality and Growth Mason Gaffney has shown how many individuals
Piketty’s Model of Inequality and Growth in Historical Context, Pt 1
In Thomas Piketty’s doomsday model, slowing of growth in the twenty-first century will cause an inexorable increase in inequality.