Inequality
Covid: La planète malade
Frédéric Taddeï interroge Michel Collon sur son enquête consacrée à la crise covid
7 Jan 2021
Le nouveau livre de Michel Collon, Planète Malade, a été...
America’s Richest 1% Owned 5% in 1990, Own 36% Today
By Eric Zuesse
January 6, 2021
© Photo: Flickr/The Other Bolena
According to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s table that’s headlined, “Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S....
Pre-existing inequality led to record UK Covid death rate, says health...
Sir Michael Marmot says children’s lives could be harmed for ever if deprivation not tackled
By Sarah Boseley
15 Dec 2020
Pre-existing social inequalities contributed to the...
James K. Galbraith on Corona, Wars, Economy and Economists
James K. Galbraith Says More…
Nov. 17, 2020
This week in Say More, PS talks with James K. Galbraith, Professor of Government and Chair in Government/Business...
The Roots of American Misery
By James K. Galbraith
Sep 18, 2020
Among recent inquiries into the sources of American discontent, one finds many simplistic diagnoses based on dubious cliches, but...
The Racial Wealth Gap Is About the Upper Classes
Here’s an idea: we should redistribute wealth from the largely white 1 percent to the poor and working class of all races — tackling...
Whitewashing Capitalism
How ECON 100 obscures the relationships among capitalism, racism and racial inequality
by Tim Koechlin
June 16, 2020
Racial inequality is a glaring, enduring and essential fact...
The Murder of George Floyd Is Normal in an Abnormal Society
By Vijay Prashad
June 3, 2020
There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on...
«Le choc de cette crise va provoquer la révolution»: Entretien avec...
Par Charlotte Vautier
07 mai 2020
En 1964, Che Guevara lui a demandé de « lutter contre les travers du capitalisme ». C’est ce que le...
Thomas Piketty : “Il faut rétablir l’impôt sur la fortune”
Apri 27, 2020
L'économiste Thomas Piketty est l'invité d'Hélène Roussel et de Yaël Goosz.
Au-delà d'un rétablissement de l'ISF, l'économiste Thomas Piketty juge qu'il faut...