Joe the Plumber, Please Speak Up Already!

We haven’t heard much at all from Joe the Plumber this election cycle. A shame. Without his rants against sharing the wealth, no one’s bothering to debate how desperately we really need to be sharing. Read more . . .

Who’s Really Winning the Smartphone Wars?

In our current economic and political environment, we’re letting top executives of giant corporations expropriate public ‘property’ for private gain. Read more . . .

Mega-Million CEOs: Our Tax Dollars at Work

The old robber barons exploited workers and gouged consumers. Today’s robber barons are making tens of millions off a lucrative new class of victims: average American taxpayers. Read more . . .

In a Plutocracy, Only Moguls Have Megaphones

In today’s anything-goes political fundraising world, the nation’s super rich and their favored politicos are no longer even going through the motions of maintaining ‘separate and independent’ campaigns. Read more . . .

Another Homerun for the Walloping Wealthy

Behind last week’s record-smashing $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a global economy that’s enriching only the world’s super rich.

Gap Be Gone: A Locality Takes on Inequality

Amid fierce fiscal austerity, a borough in London is doing battle to level up the poor and level down the rich. Imagine if a borough in New York tried something as ambitious to tackle the rich-poor gap. Read more . . .

Brutal Bookends: Our Middle’s Final Squeeze?

New governors in New York and California seem hell-bent on delivering a knockout blow to America’s most historic social contribution, the mass middle class.

A New Front in the Income Inequality Wars?

Britain’s new Conservative Party prime minister has an idea for ending pay excess in the public sector. Should overpaid execs in the private sector — in the United States — now be starting to shudder? Read more . . .

Budget Cuts and IOUs: What’s Squeezing States?

The Great Recession has shoved state governments over the fiscal edge. But what brought states to that edge in the first place?