Tag Archives: Income Inequality

Washington Post: Opinion: Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Works

Barack Obama & Wall Street The Washington Post: Opinion: Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Works  I’m sick and tired (and that is putting it mildly) of hearing people especially rabid partisan right-wingers claim that Liberals hate the wealthy and people … Continue reading

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Politico Magazine: Opinion: Joseph Stiglitz: “The Myth of America’s Golden Age”: How Every American Can Live the American Dream

Politicio Magazine: Opinion: Joseph Stiglitz: The Myth of America’s Golden Age I’m getting tired of hearing people who are further left of me people who are Social Democrats let’s say who are constantly putting down America. And saying “Europe is … Continue reading

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The Economist View: Opinion: Robert Shiller: ‘Better Insurance Against Income Inequality’

Economist’s View: Opinion: Robert Shiller: ‘Better Insurance Against Inequality’ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I could blog about indexing taxation of income for the … Continue reading

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The Economist: Editorial Board- Inequality in America: How to be a True Progressive

This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I’ve mentioned before that I do not qualify as a Progressive, at least from today’s popular definition of it, someone who believes in using government to make society better and fairer … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Opinion: Sean Mcelwee: “Republicans Focus on Social Mobility Has a Major Flaw”: How Social Mobility Leads to Income Equality

The New Republic: Opinion: Sean Mcelwee: Republicans Focus on Mobility Has a Major Flaw Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This blog was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Economic … Continue reading

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The Democratic Strategist: Opinion: Robert Creamer: How to Fight Economic Inequality

The Democratic Strategist: Robert Creamer: How to Fight Epidemic Economic Inequality This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Perhaps someone should explain to me how someone with a good education, who works hard and is very … Continue reading

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Bloomberg View: Opinion: Ezra Klein: Who Killed Equality?: Why Some Americans Make More Money Then Others

Who Killed Equality? – Bloomberg. As I’ve blogged before I do not like the term income inequality and do not even consider it a real term. Because it assumes that some people making so much more money then others is … Continue reading

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Economist’s View: Mark Thoma- ‘Inequality Rising and Permanent Over Past Two Decades’

Source:Economist’s View– economics blogger Mark Thoma. “(PDF), Vasia Panousi and Ivan Vidangos of the Federal Reserve Board, Shanti Ramnath of the U.S. Treasury Department, Jason DeBacker of Middle Tennessee State and Bradley Heim of Indiana University use new data to … Continue reading

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