In America, the rich outlive the poor by up to 9.5 years, study says

The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, but it would look dramatically different if its Continue reading →

SEC approves CEO pay disclosure, Idaho AG-GAG law unconstitutional, Kansas rescinds TANF ATM limit

By Robert A. Vella Here’s some updates on three important national news stories which developed this week: From Campaign for Continue reading →

The New Center Democrats: There’s No There There

The Central Centrist Myth: Inequality Just Happened Like [Sen. Charles] Schumer in his controversial post-election analysis, [William] Galston accepts that Continue reading →

Predictors of ’29 Crash See 65% Chance of 2015 Recession

In 1929, a businessman and economist by the name of Jerome Levy didn’t like what he saw in his analysis Continue reading →

The Score: Does the Minimum Wage Kill Jobs?

Throw a rock into the punditsphere and you’ll hit someone arguing that minimum-wage increases kill jobs. We shouldn’t boost the Continue reading →

Fast Food Franchise Owners Ask Congress For Help To Stop Worker Campaign For Wages, Union

The fast food industry is hoping that a day of lobbying on Capitol Hill can blunt the momentum that fast Continue reading →

Study: US wealth gap is ‘unsustainable’

That ever-widening gap between America’s rich and the middle- and lower-class is “unsustainable,” the [Harvard Business School] study said. It Continue reading →

Fast-food protests: Workers strike for higher pay in L.A., across U.S.

Fast-food workers from Los Angeles to New York City are escalating their fight for better pay Thursday with strikes, rallies Continue reading →