Mar 18, 2024 · Four years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States has 737 billionaires with a combined wealth of more than $5.5 trillion.

Income Inequality Income includes the revenue streams from wages, salaries, interest on a savings account, dividends from shares of stock, rent, and profits from selling something for more than you paid for it. Unlike wealth statistics, income figures do not include the value of homes, stock, or other possessions. Income inequality refers to …

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Feb 5, 2024 · Corporate profits accounted for more than half of recent price increases. To stamp out inflation once and for all, we need to crack down on price gouging.

Nov 20, 2023 · This week, we released a crucial new report revealing the true cost of billionaire philanthropy to taxpayers, the nonprofit sector, and our society. The report comprehensively details how the ultra-wealthy use charitable giving to avoid taxes and exert influence, while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill. Some ultra-wealthy givers make genuine efforts to give back. But others appear to use ...

Racial economic inequality is prevalent throughout the United States, and everyone suffers from it. Learn more.

Feb 11, 2015 · Extreme economic inequality is corrosive to our societies. It makes poverty reduction harder, hurts our economies, and drives conflict and violence. Reversing this trend presents a significant challenge, but one where we’ve seen some progress. Below we offer eight ways to move the world forward in reducing global inequality. 1. Stop Illicit Outflows In developing countries, inadequate ...

Men dominate the top of the economic summit while other genders are saddled with debt, poverty, and much more suffering.

Aug 26, 2019 · The New York Times published an editorial comment on its front page in January 2019, provocatively entitled “abolish billionaires.” The editorial raised a serious question: what if instead of being a sign of economic success, billionaires are a sign of economic failure? In what ways can the boom in billionaires, and the dramatic increase in extreme wealth generally, be harmful? To answer ...

Feb 24, 2023 · When Congress set the cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn’t anticipate forty years of rising inequality. And it’s cost us — a lot.