Inequality

Dean Baker: An increase in the minimum wage is an important goal with substantial benefits but it should not be confused with an inequality agenda.

Paying fast food workers a living wage would reflect the true cost of our food.

Some millionaires in Congress rise above their financial handicap.

Paul Krugman: “If progress against poverty has been disappointing over the past half century, the reason is not the decline of the family, but the rise of extreme inequality.”

Wonder why drug prices are skyrocketing? A primer on how lobbying works best to make people really rich.

We cannot right our upside-down ship of state as long as oppressed and oppressors share the same dark dreams and values.

The disparity between the wealthy minority and the billions living in suffocating poverty is greater than it has ever been.

“Inequality for All” explains how the United States came to be a nation that is distinguished by its concentration of wealth in the top 10%, with much of our …

Paul Krugman: The reasons to focus on inequality are overwhelmingly convincing, even if you are skeptical about particular arguments.

An increasing number of people have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time.