Redistribution of Wealth

In Dependence Day 2009

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


Larry Gellman

We have never been more reliant on the generosity of others and less able to act like grown-ups and fend for ourselves than any time since the Revolution.

Who Wants to Be a (Self-Sacrificing, Heroic) Millionaire?

Karen Stabiner | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Karen Stabiner

Step up, honorable investment person, and hand back the money , and then exhort your colleagues to do the same. Start a revolution.

Friday Talking Points [55] -- "Bretton Woods II"? Not Quite.

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I have to begin here today by stomping all over a cutesy term the media has come up with for the upcoming economic "summit" George W. Bush is holding ...

Wasn't it "Spreading the Wealth" Eight Years Ago with the Bush Tax Cuts for America's Wealthiest 1%?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

As any student of economics will tell you, there's absolutely no logic or truth in McCain/Palin's "spread the wealth" attacks on Obama.

Redistribution: From Joe the Plumber to Robert Rubin

Dean Baker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business


Dean Baker

Hank Paulson went the bank welfare route. Joe the Plumber and everyone else should be very upset about this method spreading around the wealth.