| Nov 21, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyAn Occupy Wall Street sign said it best: “They only call it class warfare when we fight back.” Over four long decades, American working families and poor people have seen wages stagnate, social services slashed, and our unions attacked. Since the Great...
| | Economy / BusinessYou’ve no doubt heard about our widening gap between the rich and the poor. But did you know that the gap between the rich and America’s middle class is growing almost as fast? The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute...
| Nov 7, 2012 | Economy / BusinessMembers of Congress who earned good marks in an Institute for Policy Studies “report card” on inequality fared well on Election Day. We awarded “A+” grades to the 12 House members who did the most to narrow America’s economic divide over...
| | Economy / BusinessEconomist Lars Osberg started writing about income distribution in the 1970s, back when few scholars shared his concern. Tracking the distribution of income had turned rather boring. That distribution had been trending more equal ever since the New Deal era and showed...
| Oct 31, 2012 | Economy / BusinessFire fighter, basketball player, lion tamer, teacher, nurse: Ask little kids what they want to be when they grow up, and you’ll get all sorts of answers. But you’ll never hear this one. You’ll never hear youngsters say they want to devote their...
