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Wealth inequality and the new ‘Gilded Age’

ramaponews.com · 125 days ago

Pa. House passes bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2029

Pennsylvania Capital-Star · 127 days ago

Adjusting minimum wages for inflation is a necessary yet modest step toward protecting affordability for low-wage workers: The case of California’s Fast Food Council

Economic Policy Institute · 128 days ago

Labor leaders push to raise minimum wage to $30 in Alameda County

ABC7 Bay Area · 131 days ago

Exploring the potential impacts of California’s minimum wage for fast food workers - UC Santa Cruz

News · 133 days ago

Billionaire says US wealth inequality is 'completely unsustainable as a society'

Fortune · 134 days ago

Inflation held steady in February before Iran war drove up gas prices

CBS News · 139 days ago

Social Security has kept wealth inequality in check for decades. Trump's policies could deplete it in 6 years

Fortune · 140 days ago

Americans Dramatically Underestimate Wealth Inequality

New America · 140 days ago

New Research on How Wealth Inequality Limits Economic Opportunity

New America · 140 days ago

Homeownership and Living Arrangements among Millennials: New Sources of Wealth Inequality and What to Do about It

New America · 140 days ago

Jackson, WY is Home to The Country's Biggest Wealth Inequality Gap. Here's Why Skiers Should Care

POWDER Magazine · 141 days ago

Why Social Security Is Essential to Measuring Wealth Inequality

Knowledge at Wharton · 141 days ago

Behind Trump’s war fever lies profound weakness

Salon · 142 days ago

Inequality and Shared Prosperity

World Bank Group · 144 days ago

Why tearing down empty homes in Detroit won’t fix inequality

Salon · 145 days ago

How common depictions of wealth distributions can bias people to underestimate inequality

Nature · 145 days ago

The Net Present Value of the Billionaire Tax Act: An Assessment of the Fiscal Effects of California's Proposed Wealth Tax

Hoover Institution · 146 days ago

Duke Raises Minimum Wage to $20 Per Hour

Duke Today · 147 days ago

Law professor says a federal fair share tax would address wealth inequality

University of California, Berkeley · 147 days ago

Montgomery County Minimum Wage to Increase on July 1 for Large, Mid-Size, and Small Employers

Montgomery County, MD (.gov) · 152 days ago

Nebraska’s Midyear Minimum Wage Changes Will Impact Payroll Planning, Hiring Strategies + Compliance Obligations

Jackson Lewis · 154 days ago

3 charts highlight the affordability issues Americans worry about most

CBS News · 154 days ago

Activists Protest Against Wall Street’s Oil Deals

Impakter · 155 days ago