Economic Equality

If the super-wealthy are going to control more of the global wealth than in nearly a century, we need stronger laws, protection from their careless predations.

The recent midterm election results will not bring about an improvement in the lives of the Black working class.

No one comes close to Musk and Trump for sheer in-your-facedness, brazen assertion of power and bullying in order to dominate and force others to submit.

Historic improvements to America’s roads, bridges, airports, public utilities, and communications networks have generated surging demand

With its disguises as “high finance” for the mystified and “Keynesian fiscal policy” for those “in the know,” deficit spending is a scam

In high poverty L.A. neighborhoods, the poor pay more for internet service that delivers less

In this great American power shift, corporate and financial elites are wrong about the roots of Trumpism and of soaring inequality

If the U.S. is to redeem itself with a vision of justice, it’s time for a deep and humble acknowledgment of the breadth and depth of poverty in the richest country in human history.

Don’t grow too complacent about Social Security. Republicans and much of corporate America would like to do away with it.

Britain’s rejection of Liz Truss’s trickle-down economics ought to serve as a warning to the United States, where midterm elections are about to commence.

Too much public space contaminates the mind, spirit, and soul. Too many people feed on social junk food. The original meaning of Tick-Tock? Time is running out.

Why don't Democrats admit that corporations raising their prices faster than their costs in order to fatten their profit margins is driving inflation

Monopolies are slowly killing rural America — and driving up the price you pay for food.

The Ukraine war started on February 24, 2022, but U.S. inflation had already been rising sharply for nearly two years before that.

What’s bizarre about this latest episode of trickle-down economics is that this gonzo economic theory continues to live on, notwithstanding its repeated failures.

The myth of individual self-reliance has fueled libertarian and Republican fantasies ever since high school kids started reading Atlas Shrugged.

The economy is cooling, quickly

Every month we hear about inflation resulting from wages pushing up prices, but we don’t hear about record-high profits pushing up prices.