More than 52 million Americans live in deeply-disadvantaged, “distressed” neighborhoods. Source: Prosperity gap benefiting wealthy, deepening inequality Continue reading Prosperity gap benefiting wealthy, deepening inequality
It’s a sign of just how extreme US and global wealth inequality has become that even the folks on the winning side of the class war are starting to worry about it. … Continue reading Inequality is getting so bad even Wall Street is starting to pay attention
In many countries, the richest 1% have benefited disproportionately from economic growth in recent years, the IMF says. The IMF says fiscal policy is “a powerful instrument for ensuring inclusive growth and … Continue reading Inequality makes growth less sustainable, IMF says
Today’s mountains of wealth throttle the very engine of wealth creation itself. When all the wealth accumulates at the very top, the problem is that the very wealthy do not, and … Continue reading Insanely Concentrated Wealth Is Strangling Our Prosperity
Focusing on core competence and outsourcing the rest has made U.S. companies lean, nimble and productive. It has also left lots of people worse off. Great read showing the diderences in opportunity … Continue reading To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now
The political landscape may seem particularly bleak at present. But, if we stand back and look at the bigger picture, the dominance of rightwing populists and neoliberal policies is likely to be … Continue reading The Equality Effect | New Internationalist
This chart captures the rise in inequality better than any other chart that I’ve seen. Income gains used to go to the bottom part of the population but are now only going … Continue reading Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart – The New York Times
All economic growth is going to the top 1%. All of it. That’s why the stock market is through the roof yet wages have gone nowhere. Source: You’re not imagining it: … Continue reading You’re not imagining it: the rich really are hoarding economic growth – Vox
Technological change has had more impact on earnings distribution than on demand for workers, study finds The jobs won’t go away, but your earning will continue to go nowhere, fast. Source: Rising … Continue reading Rising Inequality May Be the Real Risk of Automation – Bloomberg
Henry Blodget looks at the lack of income growth for the bottom half of Americans and explains the problems this causes for the economy. That would be ZERO income growth for the … Continue reading There has been no income growth for the bottom half of Americans since 1980
Worry about income inequality and slow growth before you rage against the machines. The whole excuse that machines replacing jobs is why wages have gone nowhere in the past 40 years is … Continue reading The Robot Takeover Is Greatly Exaggerated
Source: Income distributions in Americans’ pastimes [OC] – dataisbeautiful Continue reading Income distributions in Americans’ pastimes
