Letter from a Zillionaire: The Pitchforks Are Coming For Us Plutocrats

Unless our policies change dramatically, the middle class will disappear and we will be back to late 18th-century France – before the revolution.

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The Origins of Inequality: Ancient Roots of the 1%

Inequality has deep archaeological roots, but if existing traditional societies are any guide, our hunter-gatherer ancestors were mostly egalitarian – so how and when did so few begin to amass such wealth?

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World of Resistance Report: Inequality, Injustice and the Coming Unrest

As long as inequality increases, so will instability. Resistance, and even revolution, are the new global reality.

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Majority Rule: Defending Democracy with a Constitutional Amendment

Working to ban the influence of money in politics, three U.S. senators already have 43 co-signers, more than 2 million names on petitions and the endorsement of 500 communities in 16 states.

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Scholar Behind Viral "Oligarchy" Study Tells Us What It Means

Contrary to what decades of political science research might lead you to believe, ordinary U.S. citizens have virtually no influence over what their government does.

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The Ownership Revolution: A Future Emerging After Capital

Credit unions — member-owned, one-person, one-vote banks — control more than $1.1 trillion in assets, as much as those of some of Wall Street’s largest financial institutions.

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Absurd Record Costs Of London Commercial Real Estate Reflects Widened Wealth Gap

As office buildings surpass the height of the property boom prices in 2007, London’s extreme commercial property costs are representative of today's outrageous levels of wealth and expenditures.

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Another French Economist Cracks the Nut – Revealing True Costs of Tax Evasion

By analyzing data from central banks in Switzerland and Luxembourg, Gabriel Zucman has put creditable numbers on tax evasion, showing that it’s rampant – and a major driver of wealth inequality.

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Blood On Bankers' Hands As More than 10,000 Suicides Attributed to Great Recession

Researchers in London and Oxford suggest sprawling numbers of suicides in Europe and North America are linked to the severe economic downturn brought on by the 2008 financial crisis.

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Why Koch-Funded "Generation Opportunity" Is A Big Zero for America's Youth

It's time to debunk far right, corporatist, big business propaganda when it masquerades as an opportunity for young people to engage in politics.

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