Inequality

As the US Supreme Court upholds a ban on affirmative action in Michigan and the country marks 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education, Democracy Now! interviews ProPublica's …

It's no secret by now that the recent spike in American inequality is driven in large part by “financialization,” the growing scale of the financial sector relative to the …

Raise the Capital Gains tax to 39 percent, where the earned income tax is. It's easy. Reagan actually did it - for one year.

Inequality is what has turned Washington into a protection racket for the 1 percent. It buys all those goodies from government: tax breaks, tax havens, loopholes, favors like carried …

If we want to counter the rise in inequality that we have seen in recent decades we are going to have to find mechanisms other than a "global wealth …

Economist Paul Krugman explains how the United States is becoming an oligarchy - the very system our founders revolted against.

Economist Thomas Piketty's new book has stunned both the economic profession and most political observers. But the economic mainstream is not truly dealing with its most serious implications.

The blaze that tore through the Chilean port city of Valparaiso revealed the dark side of one of the most important tourist destinations in this South American country, which …

The annual International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings are focusing on the role of high debt burdens in both global economic recovery and increasing inequality.

Income inequality will continue to rise unless we close the performance pay loophole and curb the growth of executive compensation.