Inequality

The current struggle between democracy and oligarchy in the United States traces its roots back to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention.

In the years since Citizens United, campaign finance reform efforts have either been small ball (e.g. more disclosure) or shoot for the moon.

Distributing income more equally from the start would avoid the insecurity, social divisiveness and wasted resources of income redistribution.

The increasing popularity of French economist Thomas Piketty's book points to how Democrats hope to make inequality a political issue in November elections.

Shouldn't it be easier to sell win-win ideas, which will make everyone (or almost everyone) better off? Well, it would be if the public “got” Keynesian economics.

This Mother's Day, Shanesha Taylor, a 25-year old homeless and unemployed mother, will be fighting for her freedom and her children for committing the unspeakable crime: trying to feed …

Hudson and Asregadoo discuss the ways “tech capitalism” is turning San Francisco into a playground for the very rich as those who are not get pushed out to the …

In 2013, the cost of tax breaks was equal to the entire US discretionary budget.

In recent years, Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring have created renewed interest in such moments of unusual activity. The uprisings have spawned discussion about how activists might …

There are several factors that have played into a continuing wealth disparity. For starters, non-home wealth has played a vital role in determining affluence.