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Sep 14 2016
News
Economic Inequality Dialogues and Conversations
Join others from across the political spectrum in a civil, respectful conversation about inequality, specifically economic inequality. Here are some different ways you can do that.
AllSidesAug 20 2020
Opinion
Wealth Taxes Make Us Poorer
Politicians are renowned for their shortsightedness. During the post-war period, for example, Republicans have very publicly opposed most tax increases. I like small government, so I'm good with that. Where I part ways with the Grand Old Party is with its failure to oppose big spending that's funded with debt, meaning future tax hikes.
Their lack of spending restraint, also encouraged
ReasonSep 09 2016
News
Debunking The Income Inequality Fallacy
Reading books about economics can be tedious, but when a sharp analysis of a prominent debate becomes available, that’s enough to pique my sustained interest. Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality is the kind of analysis that pulls back the curtain on one of today’s most contentious topics, and as such, should interest many others.
Dec 28 2019
News
Wealth Of World’s 500 Richest People Grew 25% This Year
The world’s richest 500 people increased their collective wealth by 25% in 2019 ― a stark reminder of worsening income inequality, particularly in the U.S.
The 500 wealthiest people held a net worth of $5.9 trillion dollars ― collectively up $1.2 trillion over this year alone, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Topping the list of richest people were familiar names: Amazon
HuffPostMay 10 2016
News
5 Powerful Forces Driving Inequality
Income inequality is driven by both political and economic forces and it waxes and wanes over time. In my just-published book, “Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization,” I introduce the concept of Kuznets waves to describe this rise and fall. The name comes from the famous American economist Simon Kuznets, who in the 1950s and 1960s argued that as societies underwent the
BloombergSep 11 2016
News
Misleading Statistics on Income Inequality
Mark Twain famously said that there were three kinds of lies — “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear plenty of all three kinds.
The American SpectatorMay 12 2024
News
How Black, rural voters in one state could upend the 2024 presidential Electoral College math
But this county two hours north of Raleigh along the Virginia border is at the fulcrum of some of the most significant dynamics in American politics today: the urban-rural divide, race, income inequality, political realignment, and cultural battles. Here these dynamics play out in complicated and contradictory ways. And given its location in an emerging swing state, what the voters do here
The Boston GlobeAug 01 2015
News
Wage inequality seems to be decreasing
Here's a small sign that one of the drivers behind US income inequality may have reversed itself over the past few years.
The chart below compares the hourly compensation of all private sector workers (in red) to the hourly com
VoxFeb 07 2014
News
The GOP's confused inequality message
The war on inequality may take awhile.
PoliticoMay 25 2023
News
Nvidia Founder's Wealth Surges to Record $34 Billion on AI Boom
Nvidia Corp. co-founder Jensen Huang’s wealth surged by more than $6 billion to a record high Thursday after the chipmaker forecast sales that crushed expectations, sending its stock soaring. Huang, the company’s chief executive officer, was worth nearly $34 billion at the market open, a jump of about 23% from the prior day and more than 140% year-to-date. If that increase holds, it would make
Bloomberg