Yes, unemployment rates are low. There are jobs for most people who want them. But this has not really budged the national worry over income inequality and the widespread belief that the economy does
Mike Duncan has a sobering piece in Made by History this week on lessons from the fall of the Roman Republic. In 146 B.C., Rome completed its conquest of both Greece and Carthage and emerged as the mo
Now that the entire nation is on the road to becoming Texas, let’s see what life is like in the Lone Star Republic. Texans Carlos Santiago and Mary New, who both went from local schools to caree
Of course growing inequality is not inevitable. Robert Kuttner: But can we ever get that back? Of course we can—the obstacles are political, not economic. We could have much higher minimum wages. We
While I have my objections to the entire idea of “The American Dream” because it has a priori assumptions that will and should be at the bottom of a society that values competitiveness and
Even where the minimum wage has risen significantly, it is not a living wage. That must change, not that it will on a national scale any time in the near future. A new report from the People’s A
Today’s posts of course will only be about how America is totally awesome and so to celebrate, let’s blow our fingers off with fireworks this evening. To start with, the U.S. has reached n
The Roosevelt Institute has an important new report on the connections between race and economic inequality, focusing specifically on African-Americans. This is your Friday night homework. Share