Michael D. Yates on Measuring Global Inequality
Share of National Income Going to Richest 1% From the Monthly Review: It is by now well known that significant and growin
Inequality
Branko Milanovic: Bright prospects for global recovery
By Branko Milanovic, The Joint report of the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for the Reconstruction of the For
New book by Dean Baker: Rigged, How Globalization and Rules of the Modern Economy Make Rich Richer
From the Center for Economic and Policy Research: There has been an enormous upward redistribution of income in the Uni
John Weeks & Anwar Shaikh: The global rise of inequality
https://audioboom.com/boos/5151581-the-weeks-update-the-global-rise-of-inequality
New Working Paper by James Crotty: The Bonus-Driven “Rainmaker” Financial Firm
The Bonus-Driven “Rainmaker” Financial Firm: How These Firms Enrich Top Employees, Erode Shareholder Value and Crea
New Working Paper by Nancy Folbre: Just Deserts? Earnings Inequality and Bargaining Power in the U.S. Economy
From the abstract: Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw defends the high earnings of the top one percent in the U.S. with a t
TANF didn’t fight poverty, full employment did
By Virginia Rutter Welfare reform hits 20 this month. The Center for Economic and Policy Research has done much work exa
It Pays to Be White
by Jeannette Wicks-Lim By every socioeconomic measure, there is an undeniable race-based hierarchy in the United Sta
EPI Report: Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county
By Estelle Sommeiller, Mark Price, and Ellis Wazeter Income inequality has risen in every state since the 1970s and in m
Lawrence Mishel on Raising America’s Pay
Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, delivered the following testimony before the Democra
Michael Hudson: Neoliberalism lowers life expectancy
A research team from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York estimates 875,000 death
New Book: Megacity Malaise, by Carlo Fanelli
From Fernwood Publishing: Megacity Malaise documents how municipal governance, labour-management relations and p
Voices, Not Numbers: Towards a Greater Democracy in Education
By Carl A. Grant In the United States, children’s voices are not sought out. They are most often the “objects of inquiry,
New Book by Richard D. Wolff: Capitalism's Crisis Deepens – Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown
From Haymarket Books: While most mainstream commentators view the crisis that provoked the Great Recession as having
Overworked America: The economic causes and consequences of long work hours
by Heather Boushey & Bridget Ansel Hard work is part and parcel of the American Dream, but at a certain point, workin
Capital, Accumulation, Production and Employment: A WEA Online Conference
Can We Bend the Arc of Global Capital Toward Justice? is an online conference sponsored by the World Economics Associat
Striking Verizon workers introduce virtual picket line
The 39,000 striking Verizon workers, members of the Communications Workers and the Electrical Workers from Maine thr
Richard D. Wolff on US Economy from a Marxist Perspective
Wolff analyzes the state of the US economy from a Marxist perspective. Capitalism yields an unequal distribution of we
Tom Palley on Inequality and Growth
New paper published by PERI. From the abstract: This paper examines the relationship between inequality and growth in