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Income Equality

This Fact About Income Inequality Will Blow Your Mind

Posted 03.25.2013 | Business
Read More: Super Rich, Income Equality, Video, Income Growth, American-Incomes, Income Inequality, Business News, Income Growth Americans, Americans Income Inequality, Americans Income Growth, Business News

Another day, another mind-blowing fact about the staggering difference between the haves and the have-nots. Incomes for the bottom 90 percent of Am...

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Women Who Closed Gender Gap In Media

Posted 07.09.2012 | Media
Read More: Gender Equality, Gender Gap in Media, Gender Gap, Income Equality, Media Issues, Gender Issues, Media, Media Diversity, Women in Media, Gender in Media, Diversity, Media News

Forty years ago in July, Ms. debuted as a stand-alone magazine. Thanks to the efforts of Gloria Steinem, Suzanne Levine (a former editor of this magaz...

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For The Sake Of Equality, How About An International Men's Day?

Kelly Cogswell | Posted 05.12.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Income Equality, International Womens Day, Domestic Violence, Genital Mutilation, Women's Rights, Gender Equality, Satire, Men's Rights, International Men's Day, Comedy News
Kelly Cogswell

Thursday was International Women's Day, and like always, there was some guy saying, "Why isn't there an International Men's Day? Yuk, yuk." And while the usual response is, "Every day is a men's day, you asshole," maybe it's time to agree.

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The Wealth Gap Challenge

Mathias Terheggen | Posted 04.11.2012 | Impact
Read More: Philanthropy, Wealth Gap, Income Equality, Private Philanthropy, Impact News
Mathias Terheggen

With few exceptions, the wealth disparity is growing steadily. What is new though is that within developed economies -- among them are some of the strongest globally -- the wealth gap is widening too.

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Was the Innovation Economy Killed by the Debt Debate?

Christopher Newfield | Posted 10.09.2011 | Business
Read More: Economic Recovery, Innovation, Debt Ceiling, Tea Party, Income Inequality, Innovation Jobs Obama, STEM Jobs, Obama Innovation Jobs, Stem, Income Equality, Obama Innovation, Innovation Obama, Innovation Economy, Debt Ceiling Deal, Business News
Christopher Newfield

The rational distrust of tens of millions of people for an innovation economy that requires ever-higher levels of public investment for not-so-democratically distributed economic benefit bolsters Tea Party refusals of any kind of public action. It is now trapping the country in a devolutionary spiral.

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'The Spirit Level': Why The American Service Sector Is All About Servitude

Kate Pickett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Kate Pickett

During all my adult years living in the USA, I had enjoyed American service, without linking it to servitude. But why do we need to be served so deferentially?

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The Middle Estate

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Rich, Income Equality, Wealthy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Mark Thoma, Middle Class, Estate Tax, Arthur Laffer, Business News
Harry Moroz

The estate tax is not about confiscating wealth for redistribution, but about encouraging spending during a wealthy individual's lifetime and limiting the intergenerational transfer of wealth.

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