“We can either have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few. But we can’t ...

As the deadline for the fiscal cliff quickly approaches, Colorlines editor Imara Jones says that it is not America’s biggest financial worry. Instead, he suggests that people look at “reverse subsidy” ...

WASHINGTON — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper ...

If you’ve listened to public radio, tuned in to television news or scrolled through news feeds at any point in the last few years, you may have noted one commonplace term: “uncertainty.” Brancaccio: I ...

One concern overwhelms the minds of many Americans: the cost of living is too high. While many can relate to this sentiment, not everyone experiences this problem equally, especially in cities like ...

Most Americans are a lot richer now than they were before COVID. From 2019 to 2022, the last year good data is available, total U.S. household wealth grew 25%. And that rising tide really did lift all ...

In “Economic Sociology,” Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina presents students with a social and philosophical question. “I ask, ‘How many of you like a lot of inequality?’ Usually ...

We are trying to raise ourselves by our own bootstraps given that our community generally lacks capital. Credit is a privilege associated with wealth. Black people have generally had fewer assets, ...

MILWAUKEE, WI / ACCESS Newswire / July 12, 2025 / With an eye on Orwell and a finger on the pulse of generational upheaval, Chadwick Lane Murray’s A Vision of 1984: Social Injustice and Its Enemies is ...

Wealth inequality destroys societies and entire countries and is severely damaging to the health and well-being of the poor for generations. Finally! You can open a SoFi Crypto account and access 25 ...