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The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
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American Rich Beware: The Peasants Still Have Their Pitchforks
Americans want what 21st century politics has so far not delivered: real options for challenging concentrated wealth.
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Our Less-Than-Empathetic Rich: Who Gives What to Whom and Why?
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Bunny Mellon Was the Last Living Link to Plutocracy 1.0
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Counting the Dollars the Rich Want Uncounted
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The Political Calculations Behind Growing Inequality
The current issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives features four political scientists trying to answer the question: why hasn't democracy slowed rising inequality?
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Once Upon a Time, Corporations Paid Taxes
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Meet the CEO Who Cut Worker Pay in Half While Pulling in $21 Million Last Year
CEOs these days aren’t just slashing worker jobs to add on to their own rewards. They’re slashing worker pay as well.
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"Soak the Rich": Rediscovering Economic Fairness in America
Can we shrink our super rich down to a less powerful and more democratic size? Of course we can: we've done it before.
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Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
To win the climate argument, advocates must show how Covid-19 bailout funds could be redirected – instead of making similar mistakes as the 2008 financial crisis.
The most analogous failure to the impending economic turbulence is the financial crisis of 2008, caused, primarily, by the deregulation of the financial industry.
Activists are continuing the fight but are exhausted, balancing careers and a movement, that, to most, has become a personal battle.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
He wrote about crushing debt, pointless jobs and the negative effects of globalization. And he played a leading role in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
To win the climate argument, advocates must show how Covid-19 bailout funds could be redirected – instead of making similar mistakes as the 2008 financial crisis.
The most analogous failure to the impending economic turbulence is the financial crisis of 2008, caused, primarily, by the deregulation of the financial industry.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Posted 6 days 12 hours ago
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
He wrote about crushing debt, pointless jobs and the negative effects of globalization. And he played a leading role in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
