Lawrence Mishel and Alyssa Davis of the Economic Policy Institute released a report yesterday on CEO compensation. CEO's are doing pretty well these days. The rest of us? Nope. The key findings: Trends in CEO compensation last year: Average CEO compensation was $15.2 million in...
income inequality
Geoff Colvin at Fortune has precisely the reaction to the income inequality debate as you'd expect: "BORING!!!!" I suspect I’m not the only one suffering from severe inequality fatigue. The.
Peter Van Buren provides an absolutely outstanding rundown of the New Gilded Age, even if he doesn't use the term. An excerpt to remind you of the glories of 21st.
I'm not an expert on tax policy, but if taxing hedge funds at 20% could be changed to 39% at Obama's orders, obviously this should be done yesterday.
What? Why does the United States only have the 4th highest level of income inequality in the (rather broadly defined) developed world? This nation did not steal half of Mexico.
Glad to see Maryland following Connecticut in creating a $10.10 minimum wage. That's still too low but it's a nice jump. It also continues to build a real red state-blue.
Today is Equal Pay Day. Pay equality has still never been achieved in this country. Some facts, thanks to the National Women's Law Center: On average, women are paid only 77 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts.For women of color, the gap...
I can't recommend this Stephen Bezruchka essay on structural inequality and infant mortality strongly enough. Just a quick excerpt: Everyone in a society gains when children grow up to be.
The AFL-CIO has produced a report on the impacts of NAFTA 20 years after passage. Although the impacts are probably familiar to you, it's worth a read anyway. The summary:.
I highly recommend Estelle Sommeiller and Mark Price's report on growing income inequality by state since 1979. Some of their findings from the executive summary (you can download the PDF at the link). Lopsided income growth characterizes every state between 1979 and 2007. In four...
America, 2014. A nation where working age people now are the majority of food stamp recipients. I see no alternative other than cutting food stamps to get these lazy welfare.