On AlterNet: income inequality

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

TED: Even More Elitist Than We Thought

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. May 17, 2012.

TED curator Chris Anderson seemed most concerned that "business managers and entrepreneurs would feel insulted" by some remarks about income inequality.

Charles Murray's New Book 'Coming Apart' Shamelessly Blames the Victims of Our Economic Collapse

June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

The self-appointed moral Czar condemns working people for lack of character while ignoring economic realities.

Why the Democratic Party Has Abandoned the Middle Class in Favor of the Rich

Kevin Drum, Mother Jones. May 27, 2011.

If politicians care almost exclusively about the concerns of the rich, it makes sense that over the past decades they've enacted policies that have ended up benefiting the rich.

The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires

Carol Graham, AlterNet. May 27, 2010.

The happiness level in the U.S. declined with the economic crash -- but it's now back up even as people are making do with less income or wealth. Why?

New Yorkers Get Priced out of Grocery Stores

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. March 5, 2008.

Enormous accumulations of wealth are hitting New Yorkers where it really hurts -- at the deli counter.

Organizers of TED, Which Costs Thousands to Attend, Deem Talk on Income Inequality Too \"Politically Controversial\" to Share

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.

Strong Majority Of Americans Believe Country Would Be Better Off With Less Income Inequality

Pat Garafolo, December 31, 1969.