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New York Fed: Coastal Cities Are Most Prosperous, But Also Most Unequal
Can even the richest cities, like San Francisco and New York, combat the forces contributing to vast levels of inequality?
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Why the 'One Percent' In the U.S. Is Worried
The wealthy elite increasingly recognizes that the socioeconomic status quo in the U.S. is unsustainable.
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Revealed: populist leaders linked to reduced inequality
Populists both the left and right have closed the gap between rich and poor – but also eroded freedoms.
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Survival of the Richest: All Are Equal, Except Those Who Aren’t
Like a gilded coating that makes the dullest things glitter, today’s thin veneer of political populism covers a grotesque underbelly of growing inequality that’s hiding in plain sight.
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Occupy Auto Loans: Delinquencies On the Rise Signal Shaky Foundations
The amount of subprime auto debt is far less than the amount of subprime home mortgage debt just before the 2008 recession – but the rising trend is nevertheless troubling economists.
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What States Can Do to Reduce Poverty and Inequality Through Tax Policy
State governments have an opportunity to act to close the loopholes that hide and protect the wealth of the top 1%, remedy the impact of the new federal tax law, and make critical investments in communities.
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Prices, Plutocrats and Corporate Concentration
The larger our corporations become, the more unequal our societies become. But tougher antitrust enforcement and other legislative solutions could slow our rates of corporate concentration.
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What Does Inequality Cost the Average American? About $150K
Americans pay a steep price for not spreading their wealth around as well as other developed countries.
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UN Poverty Report Highlights British Government's Role Fuelling Inequality
Following his 2-week tour of the U.K., the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights slammed Britain's welfare-cutting policies as more are driven to poverty, hunger and homelessness.
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Rebel Cities 16: Cape Town Housing Movement Uses Occupy Tactics to Battle Apartheid's Legacy
Conceived as a tenant and workers movement, Reclaim the City's first aim was to pressure the Cape Town government to turn publicly held land into social housing rather than sell it off to developers.
