A project of the Labor Institute to reverse runaway income and wealth inequality.
Les Leopold is making an appearance at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington on September 20th. The campus newspaper reviewed his book, Runaway Inequality, recently. You can read the whole review here. The takeaway quote is: “If we all were to talk about this inequality and how it not only affects you but everyone you … Read more
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] After two printings and more than 50,000 copies sold, Runaway Inequality will get a new introduction and a new printing early in 2018. While we discussed a new title for the book, Runaway Inequality in the Age of Trump, we decided to not change the name, but … Read more
(This article was sent to subscribers to RunawayInequality.org. If you would like to receive more content via email about inequality and how to reverse it, sign up here.) How does Wall Street financially strip-mine a country, territory or state? It loans governments more and more money knowing that, no matter what, they have to pay … Read more
From the Austin DSA Newsletter, July 2017 Austin DSA Members Participate in CWA “Reversing Runaway Inequality” Workshop Reported by David Pinkham On Saturday, July 8th at the bright and early hour of 8 A.M., Colin Gray and I, cramming our faces with cold coffee and Clif bars, carpooled down to Southwest Austin and managed to arrive … Read more
The NY Times’s David Leonhardt borrows a chart from Thomas Piketty and his crew that shows how income gains have been distributed since World War II. Read his story at the New York Times.
Across the country, educators are finding ways to spread the word about the damage runaway inequality is doing to our country. Check out the stories below from New York and Texas and some upcoming events in California and North Carolina. Staten Island, NY Austin, TX Oakland, CA: Train-the-trainer, Sept. 10 Wilmington, NC: “What Happened to the … Read more
The focus will be on using the Small Group Activity Method of training trainers. For information how you can participate click here. Or to purchase a sliding-scale ticket click here.
Jane LaTour spent some time visiting activists on Staten Island, the most conservative of New York City’s five boroughs, and finds a progressive culture among the union organizers and peace advocates there. She visited a Runaway Inequality forum on June 22nd, and reports about what she learned. “On June 22nd, Sustainable Staten Island held a … Read more
A Daily Show writer in the NY Times describes her upbringing in a union home.
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Our nation now supports two overlapping military-industrial complexes. There’s the traditional one that worried President Dwight Eisenhower (large corporations and their profitable production of planes, ships, missiles, nuclear weapons, etc.). And now we have private contractors who make money by providing field services and security … Read more