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Posted inPolitics
Occupy Ten Years On: An Interview With Winnie Wong
Talking with the veteran organizer and Bernie Sanders campaign staffer about the quiet revolution that started a decade ago in Zuccotti Park
Posted inTAP
The U.S. and China: Two Peas in a Pod
Today on TAP: The two world powers resemble each other in some surprising ways
Posted inWorking in America
Timeline: How Corporate America Has Helped Decimate Unions
The declining bargaining power of unions contributes to the crisis of extreme income inequality in the United States.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Wage Suppression as the Prime Driver of Deepening Inequality
No, the culprit isn’t automation or skills or technology. The wage gap reflects a widening power gap. EPI’s latest report explains how it works.
Posted inEconomic Policy
One Weird Trick to Force Billionaires to Pay Taxes
The ‘economic substance doctrine’ could be employed by the IRS to crack down on tax avoidance.
Posted inWorking in America
The Co-op Movement Is Taking On Big Tech
Gross economic inequality and poor working conditions are fomenting a nationwide co-op movement. Its next target is Big Tech.
Posted inBuilding Back America
The Infrastructure Success Story in Chattanooga
Some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world come from this Tennessee city’s public network. It could be replicated across the country.
Posted inAmerica and the World
In the Shadow of the Tiananmen Crackdown
Both China and the U.S. have profited from Beijing’s state violence.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Altercation: The Piketty Impact
On the economic-inequality discussion, profound. On capitalism per se, not so much.