…“starve-the-best; no-tax-increases-ever” koolaid package seems to be a desire to let the rich (the natural constituents of the right) get richer by continuing to be let off the hook on…

…also feel that they should (or even want to) share the goods. Haidt’s take (my emphasis): If there’s a problem with the ultra-rich, it’s not that they have too much…

…to 63% range answering that question affirmatively since July 2008. Similarly, a recent poll showed that 47% favor a candidate who wants to raise taxes on the rich over a…

…the study finds, “natural capital accounts for 5 percent of total wealth, produced capital for 18 percent, and intangible capital 77 percent.” “Rich countries are largely rich because of the…

…The tone of the first wave of commentary, as far as I can tell, is that we knew it all along—rich people are nasty. I would like to put in…

…are ridiculous because we’re nowhere near the high point. Kwak adds another key insight about the paper: Second, remember that this is a study of the super-rich: not the top…

…money, by the way, that you are more than justified to receive because you helped to create it. The rich used to have an opportunity to relearn this lesson every…

by Linda Beale Why we don’t need corporate tax “overhaul” GOP poormouthing on behalf of rich corporate allies(Part I in a series) These days, one hears a great deal from…

…we could be so rich.” Being rich never crossed my mind as an objective value. I almost was embarrassed that somebody would say out loud. It might be happening but…

…CITIZENS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. And the result of these tax and economic policies will be a continuation of the trend towards a two-class society of the very rich and the…