wealth

State of Silicon Valley 2015: A tale of two Americas

March 23, 2015 By Michelle Kern

"If Silicon Valley were a country, it'd be sixth in the world in GDP per capita."

Wealth concentration report blasts hole in right-wing policies

January 30, 2015 By Stewart Acuff

We are headed to a world where just one percent of the population own and control more than all the rest of us combined.

Taking on inequality

January 28, 2015 By Stewart Acuff

Finally, most people outside the one percent at the top are realizing that the vast gulf of inequality is very dangerous for our country and the world.

The wealth gap and its threat to democracy

January 5, 2015 By Tim Libretti

How we organize our economy and distribute and allocate resources can either facilitate or undermine a democratic socio-political culture.

Ebola epidemic and African underdevelopment

August 22, 2014 By Emile Schepers

These are countries of fabulous wealth, whose people live in grinding poverty, the pattern for most of sub-Saharan Africa.