The Great Recession Destroyed Median Household Wealth in the United States
The net worth of the median household fell from $87,992 in 2003 to $56,335 in 2013, for a decline of 36 percent.
Still the World’s Top Military Spender
Although declining in real terms, the United States' military budget remains substantial and a huge drain on our public resources.
The Economy Is Growing, but We’re Replacing Good Jobs With Bad Ones
A recent study by the National Employment Law Project gives job creators a failing grade.
Overwork and Its Deadly Costs: The U.S. in International Perspective
There are few developed countries in the world where people spend more time working than the U.S.—and it's costing us lives.
Security Guards Outnumber High School Teachers in the United States
Growing inequality in America has been matched by a surge in security guards—for gated communities, upscale residential buildings, and more. That trend—more inequality, more guards—is matched across industrialized countries.
Why Income Inequality Will Likely Keep Getting Worse
Embracing a system based on maximizing the returns to private owners of capital is a mistake for the great majority of working people.
Businesses Are Swimming in Money: Profit Protection Will Not Help With Economic Recovery
Profits are being used to boost management earnings and pay dividends to stockholders, not improve worker wages.
Dismal Trends: Whose Economic Recovery Is It?
Why the next few years will look—unfortunately—a lot like the last few years.
What Would the Minimum Wage Be If It Had Kept Pace With the Incomes of the 1%?
A whole lot more than $7.25 an hour.
Does Rising Inequality Threaten Future Economic and Political Stability?
You already know it helps to have money if you want to make money. But things have gotten so bad over the past 10 years that more than our pocketbooks could be at stake. Worse: It may be too late to do anything about it.