Tag: Capital
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How To Vote The Shares Of A Social Wealth Fund
Three options: do not vote, have a bureaucrat vote, or allow citizen-shareholders to vote.
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Average Wealth Of Top 1% Increased $4.9 Million Since 2007
Meanwhile the average wealth of the bottom 99% fell by $4,500.
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Say It Together: Top Incomes Are Being Driven By Capital
Top earners are making too much, but capital drives the one percent.
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A Plan To Win The Socialism Sweden Nearly Achieved
Labour's manifesto and history should guide us going forward.
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Wealth Growth Below Average For All But Top 1 Percent
Even the wealth growth of the upper middle class trails the national average.
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Capping 401k Tax Benefits Is Generally A Good Idea
The 401k program is primarily a tax shelter for rich people.
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Even A Modest Basic Income Could Improve Economic Security
A modest UBI would keep many out of exploitive financial traps.
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The Puzzle Of Reparations In An Extremely Unequal Society
Racial reparations will not work without simultaneous class leveling.
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Massive Wealth Inequality Exists In Every Demographic Group
Solving wealth inequality will require drastic economic changes.
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The Wealthiest 1% Inherited An Average Of $4.8 Million
Inheritance is a major driver of wealth inequality in the US.
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Education Does Little To Reduce Racial Wealth Disparities
Closing the racial wealth gap will require intentional redistribution.
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Video: The Problem of Capital Income
Capital income is extremely unevenly distributed throughout society.
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The Government Can Legally Commandeer Drug Patents
A 1942 law allows the government to curb patent rents right now.
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Without the Family Car Black Wealth Barely Exists
Median black wealth drops to $4,000 if you exclude vehicles.
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The Best Way To Represent The Overall Racial Wealth Gap
Typical approaches to visualizing the racial wealth gap all have problems.
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Wealth Is Extremely Unevenly Distributed In Every Racial Group
The top 1 percent of Latino families own 45 percent of Latino wealth.
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New Fed Data: Racial Wealth Gap Up Absolutely, Down Relatively
White wealth remains massively higher than black wealth overall.
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New Fed Data: Black Wealth Cratered Under Obama
The vast majority of families in every racial group lost ground under Obama.
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New Fed Data: Top 10% Now Own 77% Of The Wealth
The top 1 percent keep on grabbing more and more.
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How Norway's State Manages Its Ownership Of Companies
Norway shows how active socialized ownership could work.