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July 18, 2019
Bryce Covert
We’re Having the Wrong Debate About a $15 Minimum Wage
Will it cost jobs? Maybe. But there are other important questions to ask.
May 17, 2019
Magazine
Astra Taylor
Reclaiming the Future
On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality
March 11, 2019
Magazine
Kristen Ghodsee
How Regime Change Breeds Demagogues
Economic liberalization can be just as traumatic as military intervention.
November 20, 2018
Max Holleran
Retirement in America? Too Expensive.
A new book examines the lives of expats in Ecuador and their struggle to stay in the middle class.
September 6, 2018
Sarah Jones
A Pivotal Moment for Hungry Americans
A Republican plan to restrict food aid could reverse years of progress.
June 13, 2018
Sarah Jones
Lessons From the Gilded Age
America today has a lot in common with that bygone era of monopolies and gross inequality. But will the country respond similarly?
March 2, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
The Gun Control Fight Is a Fight For Equality
The Parkland shooting has sparked another debate about guns—a debate mistakenly siloed from other issues that contribute to deadly violence.
July 14, 2017
John Carl Baker
Income Inequality Will Survive the Nuclear Apocalypse
The class responsible for the lucrative rush to war can literally buy its way out of annihilation, thanks to the boom in luxury bunkers.
December 3, 2015
Theodore R. Johnson
How to Fight Economic Inequality With Smartphones
For minority communities hampered by a lack of financial services, there might be an app for that.
March 26, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Luxury Brands Are Status Symbols Only If You Can’t Afford Them
Why rich people are embracing minimalism, and the rest of us are Googling "Ralph Lauren"
January 27, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Wealth Doesn't Make the Rich Happier, But Poverty Makes the Poor Sadder
January 27, 2015
Brian Beutler
Republicans Are Making the Same Mistakes Today That Democrats Made Last Decade
December 17, 2014
Ryan Kearney
People Who Worry the U.S. Will “Spoil” Cuba Are Fetishizing Poverty
October 20, 2014
Danny Vinik
Republicans Say Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt Job Growth. Here's What the Evidence Says.
September 11, 2014
Danny Vinik
Employers Are Stealing Billions of Dollars a Year From Their Workers
September 10, 2014
Danny Vinik
No Agenda, No Problem: The GOP May Win in November Without a Plan to Raise Wages
September 5, 2014
Danny Vinik
CHART: Most Americans Didn't Recover During the "Recovery"
New data confirms that income inequality is rising
September 4, 2014
Danny Vinik
The Huge, Regressive Tax Break Right Under Your Roof
A new report shows tax breaks for homeownership favor the rich
July 22, 2014
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William Deresiewicz
Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League
The nation's top colleges are turning our kids into zombies.
Subscribers Only
July 10, 2014
Noam Scheiber
Hillary Clinton's Inequality Rhetoric Is Weak
No, we're not "all in this mess together"
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