Inequality

Details: Written by: Will Kaufman, University of Central Lancashire

In Another Newly Discovered Song, Woody Guthrie Continues His Assault On 'Old Man Trump' Earlier this year, I wrote about a cache of bitter writings by Woody Guthrie that I had discovered while conducting research for a book on the balladeer.

Details: Written by: Sam Pizzigati, peoplesworld.org

Economic Inequality Is On The Rise Worldwide Here are some conclusions from a recent economics research paper. Do you think the authors are from some left-leaning think tank full of malcontents?

Details: Written by: Alma Carten, New York University

How Racism Has Shaped Welfare Policy In America A recent UNICEF report found that the U.S. ranked 34th on the list of 35 developed countries surveyed on the well-being of children.

Details: Written by: Neil Pyper, Coventry University

Why Violence Is Deeply Rooted In Inequality Latin America has traditionally been the world’s most unequal region, but it has recently shown signs of change. Through the 2000s, high international prices for exports have brought inequality levels down.

Details: Written by: Rachel Harrison, New York University

Children Books Are Hard To Come By In Many Low Income Neighborhoods A new study finds a startling scarcity of children’s books for sale in low-income neighborhoods in Detroit, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles.

Details: Written by: Rod Hick, Cardiff University

How Poverty Has Radically Shifted Across Europe In The Last Decade Brexit caps off a turbulent decade for the EU. Many in the eurozone will be hoping that it does not cause further economic turmoil, as it is becoming increasingly clear that the financial crisis of 2008-09 led to a substantial increase in poverty across the continent.

Details: Written by: Mark Gruenberg, Peoples World

36 Percent Of U.S. “Financially Desperate” Or Barely Getting By Some 36 percent of all U.S. residents are either financially desperate - meaning they don't earn enough to pay basic bills - or barely getting by, a new international survey says.

Details: Written by: Karin Kamp, Bill Moyers.com

Donald Trump And "Poor White Trash" In her new book,White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, Nancy Isenberg rips apart the myth that the United States is a class-free society where hard work is rewarded by social mobility.

Details: Written by: Kae Reynolds, University of Huddersfield

How The Sexism Surrounding Women's Speech Endures After a campaign lasting more than a year and taking in all 50 states, Hillary Rodham Clinton has delivered a speech that will go down in history.

Details: Written by: Dale O. Cloninger, University of Houston-Clear Lake

What Factors Influence Income Inequality? Whether it’s by coincidence or causation, the financial collapse of 2008 and 2009 has resulted in growing angst over income inequality.

Details: Written by: Chad Williams, Brandeis University

Gold medal service for black Marines who were treated unfairly in segregated boot camps. US Marine Corps The recent shooting deaths of eight police officers in two separate incidents has shocked the nation and left us searching for answers.

Details: Written by: Leslee Goodman, YES! Magazine

Why Unconditional Basic Income In Lieu Of Welfare Is A Good Idea Economist Guy Standing says the policy can reverse inequality. It also has an invigorating effect on volunteerism, home ownership, and community strength.

Details: Written by: Dean Baker, CEPR

The Secret To The Incredible Wealth Of Bill Gates Sorry folks, this isn’t Trump University, I don’t have the plan for you to get rich quick. But it is important for everyone to understand exactly why Bill Gates is very rich. It’s called “copyright protection.”

Details: Written by: InnerSelf Staff

pWhy We Must End Upward Pre-distributions To The Rich You often hear inequality has widened because globalization and technological change have made most people less competitive, while making the best educated more competitive. There’s some truth to this. The tasks most people used to do can now be done more cheaply by lower-paid workers abroad or by computer-driven machines.

Details: Written by: Richard Eskow, OurFuture.org

What’s Killing the American Middle Class? A new study by the Pew Research Center spurred a rash of headlines last week about “the dying middle class.” But the word “dying” might be more appropriate if we were watching the regrettable but inevitable effects of natural forces at work.

Details: Written by: Steve Viscelli, The Atlantic

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I met Claudio at a Midwestern truck stop just before the Great Recession. At the time, I was a sociology grad student trying to understand how long-haul trucking had gone from one of the best blue-collar jobs in the U.S.

Details: Written by: Gerry Everding, Washington University in St. Louis

"Children do not kill careers, but the earlier children arrive the more their mother's income suffers. There is a clear incentive for delaying," says coauthor Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis.

Details: Written by: Kate Stringer, YES! Magazine.

What Small Farms Need to Compete With Corporate Food Most small farms have to follow the same rules as big corporate ones. In Maine, flexible food ordinances have increased the number of small farmers.

Details: Written by: Michele Gilman, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore

How The Supreme Court Made Economic Inequality A Whole Lot Worse Economic inequality is now firmly on the public agenda as candidates and voters alike look for someone to blame for stagnant wages, entrenched poverty and a widening gap between rich and poor.

Details: Written by: Ronen Palan, Professor of International Politics, City University London

Six Things A Tax Haven Expert Learned From The Panama Papers The Panama Papers is a treasure trove of information on the activities and clientele of a large, but not atypical law firm operating in an offshore financial centre. In this case, it is a firm called Mossack Fonseca, based in Panama. It follows a series of spectacular leaks by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, including the HSBC files

Details: Written by: David S. Pedulla, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

When we think about disadvantages and challenges in the labor market, unemployment generally takes center stage, clearly exemplified by the monthly jobs report hype over one stat: the unemployment rate.