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.
Issue 263
8 articles
The Political Economy of the Prison Crisis
The huge expansion of the criminal justice system in the United States over the past thirty years has replaced social welfare programs with mass incarceration.
<a href="https://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2006/0106woolmanmcbride.pdf">Medicare D gets an F</a>
https://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2006/0106woolmanmcbride.pdf
Dear Dr. Dollar:
Can you explain how poverty is defined in government statistics? Is this a realistic definition? —Susan Balok, Savannah, Ga.