Earning Gap

Inequality's Rising, But It's Not The Kind You Think

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Auto Loans, Income Gap, Debt, Video, Earning Gap, Consumer Debt, Income Inequality, Student Debt, Inflation, Wage Gap, Wage Stagnation, Credit Card Debt, Debt Inequality, Personal Debt, Business News

There's a gap between America's richest citizens and everybody else. And that gap has been growing larger for years. No, it's not income inequality...

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This Got Worse In New Orleans

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Income Gap, Natural Disasters, Louisiana, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Black Unemployment, Black Income Distribution, Hurricane Katrina, Wage Gap, Wage Inequality, Video, Business News

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans came back more unequal than before. That's the conclusion of a recent report from the American Constitution So...

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Lawyers Have Income Inequality Problems, Too

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.16.2012

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Income inequality is a problem among lawyers, too. As The Wall Street Journal notes, the country's richest lawyers have gotten richer since the Gre...

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Income Inequality Worse Under Obama Than George W. Bush

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: 1 Percent, Income Gap, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Buffett Tax, George W. Bush, Emmanuel Saez, Top 1 Percent, Barack Obama, Wealth Gap, Buffett Rule, Video, Business News

President Obama may talk a big game about economic fairness, but his record on the issue doesn't quite match up. There are lots of reasons to think...

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Wall Street Has The Worst Pay Equality In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women, Financial Industry, Gender Gap, Video, Earning Gap, Financial Services, Financial Sector, Wall Street, Gender Wage Gap, Sexism, Gender Pay Gap, Big Banks, Business News

Wall Street is one place where it pays to be a guy. For people in financial-sector jobs -- such as insurance agents, security sales agents, financi...

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Black Families Intensely More Likely To Be Homeless, Study Says

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.06.2012

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America's homeless crisis is also a crisis of color. Black families were seven times more likely than white families to stay in homeless shelters i...

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Turns Out Recovery Is For The Rich

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.05.2012

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Technically, the economy has been in recovery for two years. But it turns out the rich have been doing most of the recovering. In 2010 -- the first...

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Rich Americans: 'Take My Mansion, Please'

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Pawnshops, Pawn Shops, Wealth Gap, Housing Crisis, Property Values, Collateral, Video, Housing Values, Freddie Mac, Luxury Spending, Default, Foreclosure, Strategic Defaults, Business News

Growing numbers of rich Americans are welcoming the foreclosure crisis into their homes. Default rates for the nation's most expensive properties ...

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Employment Rate For Young Adults Lowest In 60 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.09.2012

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Are you young and looking for work? You're in good company. Just 54 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 currently have jobs, according to a study re...

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At Davos Summit, Income Inequality Is A Major Concern

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Davos Summit, Poverty, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Davos, Zuccotti Park, London Riots, England Riots, Wealth Gap, Barack Obama, Switzerland, Arab Spring, Unemployment, Global Unemployment, Occupy Wall Street, Tahrir Square, Global Poverty, State of the Union, World Economic Forum, Video, Business News

High in the Swiss Alps, the global wealth gap is being identified as a source of misery and unrest. Participants in the annual World Economic Forum...

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Nearly Half Of All Households Lack Basic Economic Security

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Video, Earning Gap, Income Inequality, Third World America, Gender Wage Gap, Wider Opportunities for Women, Wage Stagnation, Economic Security, Wage Gap, Hispanics, African Americans, Basic Needs, Economic Insecurity, Business News

There are certain basic costs that every household runs up -- food costs, medical expenses, utility bills. And almost half of all Americans are in dan...

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Why Women Are Worth (Less)

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Female Entreneurship, Pay Gap, Gender Pay Gap, Pay Gap Gender, Equal Pay, Equal Pay for Women, Pay Equity, Earning Gap, Women's Earning Power, Women's Earning, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Every time we change jobs and are asked for a salary history, we're at an increased disadvantage. This gender-based pay discrimination disparity is going to do nothing but get worse.

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