Truthout
Inequality
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Joseph Stiglitz | Why Inequality Matters and What Can Be Done About It
The idea that one shouldn't worry about inequality because everyone will benefit as money trickles down, has been thoroughly discredited
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Charles Keating and the Lessons of the Savings and Loan Crisis
On Wednesday, Charles H. Keating Jr., one of the most notorious fraudsters in American history, died at the age of 90.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reaganomics Has Created Poverty, and More
In today's On the News segment: Three decades of Reaganomics has left half of our entire nation in poverty; rather than waiting on Congress, last week, the Connecticut General …
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The Desperation of the Vanishing Middle Class
The underlying problem with financial advice is that, even in the best case, it rarely works.
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Poor Billionaires, Victimized by Highfalutin Ideas
Here comes another billionaire who thinks that anyone who talks about income inequality is a Nazi; this time it's Ken Langone, the co-founder of Home Depot.
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Chills, Thrills, Skills and Shills
The scams just keep on coming. But as they say in the trade, grifters gotta grift.
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How a 12-Year-Old Homeless Girl Helped More Than 400 Children Find Safer Shelter
After more than a decade of repeated citations for deplorable conditions at New York City homeless shelters, more than 400 children and their families are being moved from the …
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The Last Link Between America’s Plutocratic Past and Present Has Left Us
Bunny Mellon died recently at 103 and was called the “last standing American aristocrat.” Few Americans today, thanks to widening inequality will enjoy the longevity she did.
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Taking a Closer Look at Inequality
France not only does much more redistribution, but has expanded its redistribution over time, limiting the rise in overall inequality, while the US has not.
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Paul Krugman | Anger, Not Envy, Is Raising Americans’ Ire
To the extent that people have negative feelings about the 1%, the emotion involved isn't envy - it's anger, which isn't at all the same thing.