wealth distribution
In Search of Our First Trillionaire
No 13-digit fortune has yet appeared on the horizon. But if we wait until we get close enough to see one, warns wealth analyst Bob Lord, we may find our plutocracy set eternally in concrete.
All Hail Piketty, But Props for Pickett, Too
A bold new egalitarian take on our modern economy from France joins a powerful rendering of inequality’s toll — on our daily lives — from the UK. Blend the two into our politics and watch plutocracy start shaking.
Mitt’s Offshore Shenanigans: The Bigger Story
All those official government stats on the maldistribution of wealth in the United States — and the world — vastly understate the actual extent of our contemporary inequality, says a landmark new study on tax havens.
Magic Act: Making the Super Rich Disappear
The Federal Reserve has once again counted up America’s personal wealth — and omitted the nation’s 400 richest from the final tally. But the new figures, even with that omission, show a divide still deepening.
Wall Street’s Meltdown and Wealth’s Maldistribution
The Great Recession, new research shows, has left wealth in the United States even more concentrated at America’s economic summit.
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