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The Huge Mistake Low-Income Earners Are Making
There's something low-income earners aren't doing that high-income earners are, and it could be making all the difference.
Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income?
It has enthusiasts on both the left and the right. Maybe that’s the giveaway.
Know it, Earn it, Get it
CalEITC4Me is a public-private partnership to spread awareness of the first-ever state Earned Income Tax Credit to put more money into the pockets of hundred...
Should We Be Pushing for More Equality of Income and Wealth?
Supposing you knew your income or wealth percentile beforehand, in what type of society would you choose to live? This variation on John Rawls's famous thought experiment can help shed light on the nature and consequences of egalitarianism.
How to Spread the Wealth
Economic inequality in the developed world has reached new heights. Yet present levels of inequality are not inevitable. If governments are serious about tackling inequality—and that is a big if—then there are concrete steps they can take.
how global wealth movements are changing
As the movement of wealth around the world continues to increase, so too does the desire of governments to regulate and control it.
How Free Trade Creates Wealth
Dan Ikenson joins us to explain how trade between countries increases wealth all around—and why restricting that trade is harmful to economic growth.
Inequality/Equality 101 (What is it and does it matter?)
Alex Merced explains the discussion about Wealth/Income inequality and the differences between government and non-government causes, solutions and whether it...
The wealth gap: How it happened and what can be done
Area corporations, nonprofits and government groups are working to bridge it.
Why war for wealth has fallen out of fashion
Today wealth is driven by intangible ideas and relationships, rather than tangible goods and land, so an invader can’t expropriated it.
BLOG: What if the price of prosperity for all is wealth for some?
There has been a lot of recent talk about billionaires and gazaillionaires. Frankly I don’t care who’s gone to space and I don’t spend any time worrying about the rich and where they are going
When You Come From Wealth: How to Take Courageous Action
Dear Money Adventurer, In a world that often tells us that net worth defines self-worth, the privilege of wealth often comes at the cost of personal connection, hindering our capacity for intimacy, honesty, and vulnerability. After an unexpected inheritance at the age of 22, Iris Brilliant– already active in anti-racist and feminist organizing – found herself unable to reconcile her personal and political values with owning…
Self-Made or Road Paved?
A story of work ethic vs. wealth ethic, and how it shapes our lives.
wealth generator for some, systemic inequality enforcer for others?
While AI may offer the “biggest wealth opportunity of our lifetime”, the big question is will that wealth be limited to the technically-savvy and well-educated?
Economic Growth Doesn't Make a Wealthy Nation, Safety and Happiness Do
Economist Kate Raworth explains why economic growth shouldn't be the only measure of a nation's wealth.
Government Spending Doesn't Create Economic Growth
"...the more government spends - i.e. the more it takes from wealth generators - the more it weakens prospects for a recovery..."
A conversation about the racial wealth gap—and how to address it
Governance Studies at Brookings, along with Contexts Magazine, convened an expert panel to discuss the causes and consequences of the racial wealth gap.
Chancy Islands: Can wealth inequality develop in a society of equals?
Even in a society of equal wealth, capability, and effort, inequality can (and is likely to) develop simply from the effects of illnesses, accidents, and natural disasters.
Worker Cooperatives Can Be Wealth Builders
Program aims to help owner-employees with personal finances.
