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Economic Policy Institute: CEO Pay Rose by 16% in Last Year, While Worker Pay Rose by 1.8%

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 23, 2021June 24, 2021

June 23, 2021June 24, 2021015

The Economic Policy Institute unabashedly advocates for workers and unions and publishes accurate data about inequality. It recently revealed that CEO pay rose by 16%...

Steve Ruis: Why the Rich Love the Status Quo

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7April 14, 2021April 15, 2021

April 14, 2021April 15, 2021026

Steve Ruis writes in his blog that “class warfare” is over, finished, kaput. The top .001% won. They made out like bandits during the pandemic...

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New Yorker: Union Vote in Bessemer Is Crucial to Revival of Labor and the Fairness of the Economy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 28, 2021March 29, 2021

March 28, 2021March 29, 2021022

Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes in the New Yorker about the importance of the vote on whether to unionize at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama. The...

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Unions and the Future of Democracy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 25, 2021March 26, 2021

March 25, 2021March 26, 2021032

The following essay was written by Michael Podhorzer, Senior Advisor to the president of the AFL-CIO. I totally agree that the key to building a...

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Christina Groeger: How Education Embedded Inequality

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 12, 2021February 13, 2021

February 12, 2021February 13, 2021027

Historian of education Christina Groeger writes that Americans have long believed that education is the key to equality, but she thinks that this faith is...

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McKenzie Scott: A Good Billionaire?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 18, 2020December 19, 2020

December 18, 2020December 19, 2020035

McKenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos. She was at his side when he founded Amazon and was the company’s first accountant. She played...

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Farhad Manjoo: The Pandemic Brings Good Times to Billionaires

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 4, 2020December 5, 2020

December 4, 2020December 5, 2020022

Farhad Manjoo is an opinion writer for the New York Times. In this column, he says that the wealth of American billionaires has grown dramatically...

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How Our Tax Systems Favors the 1% and Cuts Their Taxes

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 3, 2020November 26, 2020

October 3, 2020November 26, 2020024

Nathan Bomey explained the tax avoidance strategies of the super-rich in an article in USA Today. Tax evasion is illegal but tax avoidance is not....

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Jan Resseger: “Let Them Eat Tweets”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 15, 2020November 26, 2020

September 15, 2020November 26, 2020027

Jan Resseger reviews here a new book that explains the full-blown triumph of plutocracy. Trump is the culmination, not the cause. Wealth and power are...

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TIME: The Top 1% Have Taken $50 Trillion from the Bottom 90%