from the New York Times:
How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality
An enormous entitlement in the tax code props up home prices — and overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy and the upper middle class.
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Economic Inequality – Does It Matter?
Print 🖨 PDF 📄It is fairly widely known that income and wealth inequality in the US is as high or higher than at any time except perhaps the Robber Baron period at the end of the 19th century. Lots of articles and books explain how this has come about over --->> read more -->>
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“How Structural Racism Works” – Tricia Rose and Samuel Rosen – recently noted
Print 🖨 PDF 📄If you are struggling to get your head around how racism works you will probably find it helpful to have a general framework as a guide. This one hour lecture from 2017 features an overview by Brown University Professor Tricia Rose of the structure of racism and --->> read more -->>
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Recently Noted: World Inequality Report 2018 – findings and policies
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Inequality in the World – findings Inequality in wealth and income is not a new phenomenon. Nevertheless, recent decades in the US, and as this new report World Inequality Report 2018 shows, the world has seen a real explosion in inequality. As shown in the charts below --->> read more -->>