Tag Archives: economic inequality

The Class Culture War

Posted on February 3, 2020 by

New York Times columnist David Brooks has proven himself both interested in and repeatedly confused by the working class. A few weeks ago, in a piece arguing that Bernie Sanders is wrong to blame capitalism for economic inequality, Brooks wrote … Continue reading →

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Equality and Electability

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

In 2015, Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg advised Hillary Clinton to run on a promise to “level the playing field” and “rewrite the rules of the economy.”  She didn’t take his advice. Instead, she told voters she would “build on the … Continue reading →

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Uber, the “Metropocalypse,” and Economic Inequality in D.C.

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

Public transit infrastructure in Washington, D.C. is crumbling. Metro and bus services have been cut. Fares have gone up. And, safety remains a problem. After 40 years of deferred maintenance, poor management, and the lack of decent, long-term funding, the … Continue reading →

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Equal Opportunity Is Not Enough

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

We middle-class professionals are a crafty bunch, especially our intellectual elite.  One of our cagiest moves recently involves our expressions of concern about increasing income and wealth inequality in the U.S.  While eloquently expressing how guilty we feel about our … Continue reading →

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Chasing Tax Cheats to Create Jobs: Why Don’t We Do That?

Posted on August 1, 2016 by

I’m guessing that tax collectors have never been a popular group, but we need thousands more of them, probably about 50,000 more. Why? Because something like $400 billion in business and personal taxes go uncollected each year, and with more … Continue reading →

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Defending the Working Class from Financial Abuse

Posted on July 11, 2016 by

For decades Wall Street’s big banks and the financial services industry have used—and abused–the judicial system to hammer working-class families and erode the American Dream. Left virtually defenseless because they could not afford to hire attorneys to fight back, millions … Continue reading →

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Just Not Posh Enough? Social Mobility and the “Class Ceiling”

Posted on July 6, 2015 by

This autumn marks twenty-five years since I went to college at Durham University in the North-East of England. Durham is the third oldest university in England, and one of its colleges is housed in the Norman castle on top of … Continue reading →

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Class War in the Tax Code

Posted on November 17, 2014 by

I know that taxes are a really boring subject, as is talking about billions and trillions of dollars as if any of us could understand such magnitudes. But a one-sided class war is being fought every day in the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Precariat of the World Unite?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by

The term “Precariat” has been bandied around for some time now as a convenient catchall for a growing sense of employment insecurity in the U.S. and Europe. It has really gained traction in the wake of British social scientist Guy … Continue reading →

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McDonald’s, FedEx, and Shifting Legal Views of Employment

Posted on September 8, 2014 by

Sometimes seemingly obscure legal rulings indicate major changes in the struggle for social and economic justice. Two recent rulings involving independent contractors and franchise employers could help enable workers and unions to make breakthroughs in improving wages and working conditions. … Continue reading →

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