On AlterNet: economic inequality

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "economic inequality"

Free Ride! Meet the Companies That Don't Even Pretend to Pay Taxes

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. March 22, 2012.

Need something to kickstart your American Spring protest? Consider that big corporations are happy to take our tax dollars -- while finding new ways to skip out on Uncle Sam.

The Widening Wealth Divide, and Why We Need a Surcharge on the Super Wealthy

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. March 13, 2012.

Ordinary Americans watch home values drop as the superwealthy receive stock price windfalls, adding to the already obscene concentration of wealth at the top.

Signs of Change? How Americans Turned Disaster and Outrage Into Upheaval

Greg Guma, Maverick Media. January 25, 2012.

Who could ignore the signs of change last year as the Tea Party’s no-nothing rejectionism gave way to a global outcry against economic unfairness and corporate exploitation?

Occupy Wall Street: The Primary the President Never Had?

Matt Stoller, AlterNet. October 24, 2011.

The growing movement will force political leaders to choose between Big Money and popular legitimacy.

Speculating Banks Still Rule -- Ten Ways Dems and Dodd Are Failing on Financial Reform

deleted, AlterNet. April 14, 2010.

None of this is reform. We are better off with nada than vapid promises and a false sense of security.

Mall Riots: Why Are Some Americans Becoming Violent Shoppers?

Seth Sandronsky, AlterNet. February 11, 2010.

Americans used to protest in the streets; now some have resorted to fighting each other in shopping malls. What happened?

Radical Inequality Is Literally Killing Us

Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. January 27, 2010.

New scientific research shows that Wall Street's war on the middle class is sabotaging our longevity.

The Democratic Party Platform's Missing Plank

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. August 26, 2008.

The Democrats have, once again, chosen not to challenge the incredible concentrations of wealth that sit at America's economic summit.

How Do America's Super-Rich Get Away With Acting Like 'Just Folks'?

Doug Henwood, The Nation. June 14, 2008.

Class conflict was a lot more open, on both sides of the divide, a century ago. Where's the outrage today?

Winning the Class War

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. August 31, 2007.

This year's Executive Excess 2007 report found that "top executives averaged $10.8 million in total compensation, which is 364 times the pay of the average American worker."