Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...

The GOP plan slashes Medicaid, SNAP, and other core safety net programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires, mass deportation ...

Sustainergy has helped retrofit thousands of homes in Cincinnati. I’m more proud of the family-sustaining jobs we’ve created.

The private jet lobby is pushing hard for a massive tax break for billionaires and centi-millionaires that use the most polluting form of transportation on the planet. Legislation rapidly moving ...

Trump’s trade policies have been wildly unpredictable in the first two months of his second presidency. Tariff deadlines have come and been delayed with no rhyme or reason, leaving cross-border trade ...

Income Inequality Income includes the revenue streams from wages, salaries, interest on a savings account, dividends from shares of stock, rent, and profits from selling something for more than you ...

My Capital & Main piece began with a deathbed promise to a friend, not the usual way I start assignments. My friend, a man in his mid-sixties, was dying from a terminal form of cancer. His oncologist ...

The following is written testimony prepared for a March 17, 2021 Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America.” Thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member ...

The nature of the financial industry facilitates offshore tax dodging. Transactions in the multi-trillion dollar global derivatives market, for example, can be recorded nearly anywhere in the world to ...

The next method used to scheme Black people out of their land was tax sales. Tax sales were a way that the land could be taken from its owners and auctioned off. In these cases, Black people would ...

Bob Lord has been an Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow since 2013, based with our Program on Inequality and the Common Good. A veteran attorney, based in Phoenix, Bob has brought a special ...

The new year has begun with old news: The world is continuing to become colossally more unequal — with the United States leading the way. In 2024, wealth trackers at Bloomberg have just reported in a ...