Surprise, surprise… Over the past three decades almost all the gains from economic growth in the United States went to the wealthiest in society. The Congressional Budget Office recently released a report that looked at the trends in family wealth distribution...
Across the country, Democrats, Republicans and the media are all hurrying to declare that the pandemic is ending, and that it’s time to return to normal. They’ve decided that it is time to take all the masks off, get the profits flowing again, and accept that...
Doing scientific research is the first step towards fixing a problem. After all, we need to understand how something works to come up with the most effective solutions to change it. Climate science is no different. Combating climate change requires we understand what...
Although there have been similar findings in the past, a new study by a labor union-financed think tank gives us precise accounting of the outrageous inequality in capitalist society. The average CEO income in the United States (including from stocks and other...
We live in the wealthiest country in the World. But who controls it? It is our labor that creates the wealth of this society. But the corporations and banks and their super rich owners reap the benefits. Their greed has no limits. While most workers in the U.S. are...
