The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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New Path, Next System: Juliet Schor on Inequality and the Climate Crisis
We’ve got to find a new path that allows us to solve both climate and economic deprivation at the same time – and we can only do that with a whole different kind of system.
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CEO Pay At America's Largest Corporations Rose 54% Since Recovery Began
Chief executives at the country's 350 biggest companies made an average of $16.3 million each last year – but while their compensation soared, the typical worker’s paycheck hasn’t budged.
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Nationwide Anti-Austerity Protests Reveal Magnitude of Inequality Anguish In Britain
A quarter-million protesters gathered outside the Bank of England and march to Parliament to protest austerity.
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IMF Report on Inequality: Abandon "Trickle-Down" Economics and Pay Lowest Earners More
If governments wanted to increase the pace of growth they should concentrate on helping the poorest 20% of citizens.
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The Triumph of Occupy Wall Street
Nearly four years after the precipitous rise of Occupy Wall Street, the movement so many thought had disappeared has instead splintered and regrown into a variety of focused causes.
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Slouching Toward Plutocracy, Politicians Choose Wealth and Ignore the Electorate
A new book examines why presidents tend to focus on the opinions of the wealthy and well-connected insiders when making their decisions – ignoring the views of most voters.
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We Need a New Economic System
It's time to begin the careful work of knitting together broad, pluralistic conceptions of what a transformed system might look like.
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Broad Coalition of Nurses, Students, Labor, Environmentalists Support Robin Hood Tax
There is widespread support for Sen. Bernie Sanders's proposals, introduced Tuesday in Congress, to use a Robin Hood tax on stock transactions to fund tuition at four-year public colleges and universities.
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As San Francisco Wages Rise, Questions Emerge About Enforcement
Getting the minimum wage raised was the easy part. The bigger challenge is ensuring the legislation has teeth.
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The World Has Reached Peak Plutocracy
A few years ago there was considerable debate about “peak oil," but now we may be reaching a more dangerous point: peak plutocracy, where society and the environment can sustain no more concentration of power and resources.
