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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 2h

Georgia's Medicaid work requirements have been a disaster. The goal is clearly to shrink enrollment by burying low-income families in red tape -- not boost employment.

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 5h

For an interactive version of this chart and more on wealth inequality, check out our Inequality.org Facts section: inequality.org/facts/wealth...

Inequality.org

Your online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality.

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 5h

Federal Reserve data shows that the richest 10 percent of American households now own over two-thirds of the nation's total wealth. The top 1 percent holds 31.0 percent of total wealth – just slightly less than the entire bottom 90 percent of U.S. households.

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chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social · 2d

My new book #BurnedByBillionaires was the 🔥hot topic🔥at the Make Billionaires Pay march in NYC. Read it and put out the flames. On shelves OCTOBER 8: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
#MakeBillionairesPay #Oligarchy @thenewpress.bsky.social

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 2d

Economic populism can win back Rust Belt voters, but Democrats face an uphill battle to shake negative associations with the party, according to new polling and analysis from the Center for Working-Class Politics. inequality.org/article/can-...

Can Democrats Win Back Rust Belt Voters?

New research from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that economic populists are popular, but the Democratic label is a drag.

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 8d

New book alert! #Inequality scholars:, don't miss Chuck Collins' new book: Burned by Billionaires. It's both breezy and fact-filled. "An economy that funnels wealth to billionaires ... fuels division and civil discord."
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Burned by Billionaires - The New Press

An exposé of the hidden impact of America’s überwealthy on the country’s economy, environmental health, housing market, and political system Even if you don’t begrudge the ultrarich their multiple va...

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 8d

NEW: Since 1989, the share of U.S. wealth owned by the top 0.1% has grown nearly 60%.

In the same time, the share owned by the bottom 50% of households has declined 26%.

This is wealth concentration.

IPS scholars @chuck77.bsky.social and @ocampomar.bsky.social in @inequality.org:

Billionaire Wealth Concentration Is Even Worse than You Imagine

The share of U.S. wealth held by the top 0.1 percent has grown nearly 60 percent since 1989.

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 8d

NEW: Since 2010, some 14% of our country's billionaires have pledged to give away at least half of their wealth. Instead, most of them have collectively grown far, far richer, IPS @inequality.org researchers found.

IPS scholar @bdevaan.bsky.social on @katiecouric.bsky.social:

Billionaires Promised to Give Wealth Away — So Why Are They Richer Than Ever?

Even the billionaires who’ve promised to donate their wealth can’t seem to make a dent in it.

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 7d

NEW: Hundreds of billionaires have signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give away half of their wealth. IPS @inequality.org researchers found that most of those donations have never reached the public.

@davidmoscrop.com in @jacobinmag.bsky.social:

What the Giving Pledge Really Gave Us

Most Giving Pledge dollars never reached the public, flowing instead to private foundations and donor-advised funds while billionaires grew richer, bought reputations for generosity, and handed back…

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jonresists.bsky.social @jonresists.bsky.social · 3d

Congress and the White House can't prevent states from taxing the rich and funding public education. Tell state leaders to copy the Massachusetts Millionaires Tax! Take action with @inequality.org: action.ips-dc.org/a/inequality...

Tell state leaders: copy the Massachusetts Millionaires Tax

States can make progress now -- taxing the rich and funding public education -- by copying Massachusetts' Millionaires Tax.

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straylenny.bsky.social @straylenny.bsky.social · 3d

Congress and the White House can't prevent states from taxing the rich and funding public education. Tell state leaders to copy the Massachusetts Millionaires Tax! Take action with @inequality.org: action.ips-dc.org/a/inequality...

Tell state leaders: copy the Massachusetts Millionaires Tax

States can make progress now -- taxing the rich and funding public education -- by copying Massachusetts' Millionaires Tax.

action.ips-dc.org

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 5d

America has a rich history of economy-stopping strikes. What's stopping them from happening again now? inequality.org/article/amer...

America Is Overdue for a General Strike

Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it?

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 6d

Since winning our election at Corewell Health East in Michigan, our employers have done everything they can to delay our first contract. Running out the clock has become a favored boss tactic — but a new bill could guarantee us a deal in less than 130 days.
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Fighting for Fair and Fast Contracts

Federal legislation guaranteeing faster labor contracts would empower nurses like us in first contract negotiations.

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 7d

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 8d

h/t @epi.org

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 8d

WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. On @wgbh.org, IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social exposes the problem: There is no possible way to scale these fuels nationally.

Learn more at spje.org.

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 12d

For an interactive version of this chart and more on racial income inequality, click the link to our Inequality.org Facts section: inequality.org/facts/income...

Inequality.org @inequality.org · 12d

Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to honor Latino and Hispanic communities — while also recognizing the work that still needs to be done. BLS data show that Latinos remain the lowest-paid U.S. racial or ethnic group, making 77 cents for every dollar a white worker earns.

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 12d

When workers got to Amazon's JFK8 facility last month they were met with the unbearable smell of sewage seeping into the plant. Managers tried to keep people working, so the union banded together and got everyone sent home with pay.
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We Closed JFK8 After a Sewage Pipe Burst, One of Many Victories for Amazon Teamsters This Year

Collective action is needed to improve working conditions at America’s second-largest private employer.

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 12d

Saying the shutdown of this investigation "appears to be a brazen cover-up," @raskin.house.gov is leading an effort to demand the release of the sting operation recording

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 19d

Demands to tax the ultra-wealthy are growing louder around the world.

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chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social · 19d

At 7 pm on Thurs. November 20, I'll be at @odysseybks in South Hadley, MA! Less than a month until #BurnedByBillionaires hits bookshelves: thenewpress.org/books/burned-by-billionaires
It's a free event but spots will fill up, so make sure to reserve yours ASAP! www.odysseybks.com/event/chuck-...

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 20d

For an interactive version of this chart and more on gender inequality, click the link to our Inequality.org Facts section: inequality.org/facts/gender...

Inequality.org

Your online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality.

Inequality.org

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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 20d

Just-released data shows that the gender gap has hit its widest level since 2016. In 2024, women working full-time made 80.9 cents for every dollar earned by men, down from 82.7 cents per dollar in 2023.

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