Is Life Just One Big Game of Monopoly?
Cries are heard from the nursery as the monopoly game of life begins to unfold. The players chose their pieces and equally align themselves on the “Go” space. They are ready to actively participate in...
View ArticleNumbers Don’t Lie About Income Inequality
Even though presidential elections are over a year away, politicians are enjoying a huge audience of (hopefully) voting citizens. One of the most important issues we face right now is income...
View ArticleThe Wealth Divide
From Multinational Monitor, May 2003: LINK: http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2003/03may/may03interviewswolff.html Multinational Monitor’s Interview with Edward Wolff: Professor of economics at...
View ArticleWhere Will The Middle-Class Go?
Less people are buying houses these days as a result of the increase in home prices. But those who do end up as homeowners are able to prosper because of the equity from their house. As more people...
View ArticleThe Gender Wage Gap
Women comprise half of America’s workforce. Yet oddly enough, for every dollar a man nets, women earn roughly 77 cents. How is that just? How can something so one-sided exist in a progressive society...
View ArticleWho Will Save The Middle Class?
With income inequality on the rise, middle class earnings stuck, and more people being forced to rent because of lack of money, the middle class has been stagnant for years. Before the financial crisis...
View ArticleA Solution to the Wealth Inequality
The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. And by poor I mean everyone who isn’t part of the 1 percent. Wealth allocation in America has become so inflated and one-sided that the...
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