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Wealth Inequality
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The Five Things We Want to Hear in President Obama’s State of the Union Speech
President Barack Obama will give his annual State of the Union address to the American people next week. But what is the state of our union?
Jubilee USA Urges Business and Political Leaders at World Economic Forum to End Corporate Tax Avoidance and Support Responsible Solutions to Debt Crisis
The Forum has focused on income inequality, the impacts of low economic growth and climate change.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Economic Inequality Is a Major Threat to Human Progress, and More
85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top one percent has 65 times the wealth of the bottom …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Forbes 400 Are as Rich as All US African-Americans, and More
The richest 400 people in our nation have as much wealth as the entire African-American population in the United States, and more.
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Dr. King’s Nightmare
The wealth possessed by our nation's 400 richest billionaires is equal to the collective net worth of all African-American households.
The Wind Kicks Up… and the Wind Kicks Down: Appreciating Life and Going With Infinity
It is obvious that the dominant culture's system is not working sensibly and is out of control.
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Economic Prosperity and Economic Democracy: The Worker Co-Op Solution
Workers' self-directed enterprises (WSDEs) are a response to capitalism's failure to deliver economic prosperity and socialisms' failure to deliver economic democracy.
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Public Sector Unions Win When They Preach “Tax the Rich“
Washington's much-hyped federal budget deal offers little relief for public employees.
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Jobs or Inequality? That’s No Choice at All
An increasing number of people have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time.
Why Aren’t Big Bankers in Jail?
While there have been substantive inquiries into the wrongdoing of investment banks and auditors, those calling for jail time are often dismissed as irrational, driven by blood lust, anger, …