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If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
Joseph E. Stiglitz
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The New Generation Gap
Three realities – social injustice on an unprecedented scale, massive inequities, and a loss of trust in elites – define our political moment, among young people more than anyone.
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Fed Up with the Fed: Stiglitz Says Reserve Must Worry About Inequality, Not Inflation
The argument for raising interest rates focuses not on the wellbeing of workers, but that of the financiers.
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Stiglitz: Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream
Like the housing crisis that preceded it, the student debt crisis is intimately connected to America’s soaring inequality.
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Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
In this flashback from May 2011, Joseph Stiglitz writes that 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.
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The 99 Percent Wakes Up
Inequality isn’t only plaguing America—the Arab Spring flowered because international capitalism is broken. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz says the world is finally rising up and demanding a democracy where people, not dollars, matter.
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If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
Posted 3 days 11 hours ago
