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Inequality
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Why All Inequality is Not Created Equal
By Katy Steinmetz
We Tried to Find the Most Equal Place in America
By Emily Barone
The Green New Deal’s Supporters Should Take a Crucial Lesson From FDR’s Original New Deal
By Andrea Flynn and Susan R. Holmberg
Britain's Top Universities Accused of Failing Grade at Diversity
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Inequality
The Connection Between the Global Gag Rule and Extremism
'This policy will increase gender inequality. Gender inequality can fuel extremism. Extremism fuels terrorism.'
By Elizabeth Weingarten
March 31, 2017
How to Make College More Affordable
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 23, 2017
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Pledges to Keep Fighting for Equal Pay
'We win. We’re successful. Should get what we deserve'
By Suyin Haynes
November 21, 2016
The Childcare Gap is Widening
There's one small exception, though
August 16, 2016
Why Boosting CEO Pay Makes Companies Perform Badly
A new study shows why richly rewarding executives with stock can hurt the long-term performance of big companies
By Rana Foroohar
July 25, 2016
Theresa May Has 1 Brilliant Economic Idea
They're all grasping with the core economic issue of the moment
By Rana Foroohar
July 14, 2016
San Francisco May Impose a Tax on Tech Companies
Voters could decide whether to impose a "special tax" on the city's tech companies in November
By Katy Steinmetz / San Francisco
June 29, 2016
Why the Creative Accounting in the Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal Is So Disturbing
It's a sign of a broader problem across corporate America
By Rana Foroohar
June 15, 2016
Photojournalism is Facing an Inequality Crisis
“Everyone thinks it is someone else’s problem, or that the problem will correct itself."
By Anastasia Taylor-Lind
May 4, 2016
What You Can Do Today to Help Women and Girls Across the World
A few things anyone can do to make a difference
By Justine Lucas
March 9, 2016
Why You Can't Fix Your iPhone — or Anything Else
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
February 24, 2016
What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the U.S.
It isn’t just how much money people are making—it’s also what people are breathing, drinking and eating
By Justin Talbot-Zorn and Michael Shank
February 9, 2016
Hillary Owned Bernie Last Night on Finance
Focusing on shadow banking was a deft move that neither alienated her supporters nor skirted real issues
By Rana Foroohar
October 14, 2015
Most Americans Say Wealth Inequality Is a Huge Issue
Expect it to be a 2016 campaign theme
By Claire Zillman / Fortune
June 4, 2015
Here's the Secret Truth About Economic Inequality in America
Once you look at the issue this way, it's hard to think of it any other way
By Rana Foroohar
May 12, 2015
Why Education Alone Won’t End Income Inequality
We must address the dynamics that encourage companies to extract from, rather than invest in, their employees
By Maureen Conway / The Aspen Institute
May 6, 2015
Why Food From Forests Could Help Feed the World
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
May 6, 2015
$15 an Hour Won't Solve America's Inequality Crisis
A few weeks back, when Walmart announced plans to raise its starting pay to $9 per hour, I wrote a column saying this was just the beginning of what would be a growing movement around...
By Rana Foroohar
April 15, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 31
1. Is the sharing economy opening the door for big business to abuse contract workers? By Jon Evans in TechCrunch 2. With fins off many menus, scientists see a glimmer of hope for sharks. By...
By The Aspen Institute
March 31, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 30
1. Blue-collar jobs are coming back, and pay well. But women are missing out. By Mitchell Hartman in Marketplace 2. Ikea is known for affordable, flat-pack furniture. Now they’re selling the U.N. flat-pack refugee housing....
By The Aspen Institute
March 30, 2015
What's Really to Blame for Weak Economic Growth
Finance is a cause, not a symptom, of weaker economic growth
By Rana Foroohar
February 13, 2015
The Coming Crisis Making the World's Most Powerful People Blanch
If global growth slows, as some predict it will, the globe is in for a lot of very big problems
By Rana Foroohar
January 22, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 13
1. The U.S. could improve its counterinsurgency strategy by gathering better public opinion data from people in conflict zones. By Andrew Shaver and Yang-Yang Zhou in the Washington Post 2. The drought-stricken western U.S. can...
By The Aspen Institute
January 13, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 8
1. The same features that make cities hubs for innovation may spur inequality. Smart policies can strike a balance. By Richard Florida in CityLab 2. Solar power can provide hot meals for the masses. By...
By The Aspen Institute
January 8, 2015
The Biggest Problem American Business Is Facing in 2015
In order to remain competitive on the world stage, America’s top companies need to take the lead in addressing economic inequality
By Sanjay Sanghoee
January 7, 2015
How the American Family Has Changed Dramatically
The difference between the haves and the have-nots have never been this steep
By Belinda Luscombe
December 9, 2014
Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 4
1. Reimagine your school library as a makerspace. By Susan Bearden in EdSurge 2. New materials could radically change air conditioning. By The Economist 3. Ambassadorships are too important to hand out to political donors....
By The Aspen Institute
December 4, 2014
Yes, I Bring My Poor Children Trick-or-Treating in Your Rich Neighborhood
I am angry because the rich pass on all the resources possible to their children while depriving poor children of access
By Patheos
October 27, 2014
The World's Richest 1% Holds Nearly Half Its Wealth
A new Credit Suisse report finds the gap between rich and poor widening on a global scale
By Dan Kedmey
October 14, 2014
Sometimes the Government Puts Money in Our Pockets
The percentage of women who get free birth control has skyrocketed since Obamacare went into effect, providing new ammunition for the political wars over Obamacare as well as the cultural wars over birth control. But...
By Michael Grunwald
September 28, 2014
Yes, There Is Diversity in Silicon Valley — if You Know Where to Look
Study finds many black and Latino workers toil in the tech scene's "invisible" workforce of cooks, cleaners and guards
By Dan Kedmey
August 26, 2014
The Wealthy and Powerful Discover Inequality
Even the rich are admitting that inequality is bad for business
By Joseph Blasi
August 20, 2014
Study: Racial Inequality Largely Unchanged Since 1970
Rates of incarceration and unemployment remain high
By Justin Worland
July 14, 2014
#BringBackOurGirls, Still Gone
Some women escaped, but Boko Haram continues to kidnap and kill
By Belinda Luscombe
July 7, 2014
CEO Pay Tops $10-Million Mark
First time median passes $10-million threshold
By Dan Kedmey
May 27, 2014
Swiss Voters Reject a $25 Minimum Wage
The country showed that minimum wage hikes, while generally popular, do have their outer limits
By Dan Kedmey
May 19, 2014
Pope Francis' Tweet About Inequality Is the Wake-Up Call We All Need
It challenges us to fully recognize the equality of all and create conditions that reflect a total commitment to human dignity.
By Robert Christian
May 2, 2014
This Best-Selling Book Is About to Change the World
There are many reasons why French academic Thomas Piketty's 685-page tome, “Capital in the 21st Century,” has vaulted to the top of the Amazon.com best seller list and is being discussed with equal fervor by...
By Rana Foroohar
April 23, 2014
What The Twitter Tax Break Means For San Francisco
A deal brokered between the city and the company is rankling residents
By Katy Steinmetz
February 28, 2014
10 States Where Income Inequality Has Soared
A surprising number one
February 28, 2014
America's Gargantuan Share of Global Wealth, in One Map
How the wealth of 50 US states measures up to 50 nations
By Dan Kedmey
February 13, 2014
Time to Talk About Inequality
It isn't just a social issue—it's putting the future of the U.S. economy in peril
By Rana Foroohar
January 31, 2014
Americans Are Painfully Aware of How Broke They Are
Even if they're just relatively broke
By Christopher Matthews
January 28, 2014
This Man Robbed a Jewelry Store and Then Made an Amazing Confession
Seriously, let the man speak
By Dan Kedmey
January 28, 2014
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