Karl Marx Rises Again
Karl Marx is back from the dead. Not on a Soviet-style scale, mercifully, and not…
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July 2014
Now That’s Rich
Institutional Investor’s latest “rich list” in its Alpha magazine, its survey of the 25 highest-paid…
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Why Don’t We Trust the Poor Enough to Give Them Money?
A Chinese millionaire tried to give $300 to homeless men and women in New York…
Read More »June 2014
Inequality Is Not Inevitable
An insidious trend has developed over this past third of a century. A country that…
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National Campaign Houses 100,000 People with Help from Dallas-based CitySquare
The national 100,000 Homes Campaign celebrated the 100,000th person to move into permanent housing this…
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Wealth Hits High as Rich Get Richer
Americans’ wealth hit a fresh record in the first quarter amid a rise in home…
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Growth Has Been Good for Decades. So Why Hasn’t Poverty Declined?
The surest way to fight poverty is to achieve stronger economic growth. That, anyway, is…
Read More »April 2014
To Reduce Inequality, Start With Families.
The French economist Thomas Piketty swept across the United States last week with a dire…
Read More »April 2013
Less Than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation
When it comes to economic gaps between whites and communities of color in the United…
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The Roots of the Widening Racial Gap: Explaining the Black-White Economic Divide
Growing concerns about wealth inequality and the expanding racial wealth gap have in recent years…
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