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Our Economy Is More Concentrated Than Ever

Just four tech superpowers raked in half of this year’s stock price gains by the 500 largest corporations.

The poorest players quickly run out of money and the rich run away with the game. It’s unfair, boring, and exactly what happens in real life.

Billions in taxpayer funds go to CEOs who pay their workers peanuts. We can change that.

On average, America’s CEOs make 312 times what their workers take home — and that has nothing to do with supply and demand.

Very few businesses have raised wages thanks to corporate tax cuts, but executives and lawmakers are buying new yachts.

The toy store’s former employees are fighting for a fair severance — and shaming the private equity firms who made out like bandits.

Almost 900 cities, universities, and governments have divested over $6 trillion from the fossil fuel industry. Why not yours?

Five banks control half of all U.S. financial assets, and six conglomerates control 90 percent of our media.

Energy efficiency creates more jobs than fossil fuels — and at a faster rate and lower cost.

CEOs often make hundreds of times what their workers take home, and just got a huge tax break too. They’re still demanding more.