Inequality

reagan
Economy

How the middle class was hollowed out from 1979 to 2022, according to new federal data

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January 22, 2026
sweden
Personal Finance

Sweden abolished its wealth tax 20 years ago. Then it became a ‘paradise for the super-rich’

By Miranda Sheild Johansson and The Conversation
January 22, 2026
Protestors at the WEF in Davos
Success

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires across 24 countries are demanding Davos leaders tax them more: ‘Tax us. Tax the super rich.’

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January 21, 2026
powell
Commentary

Forget the K-Shape: We have a barbell economy—and the middle class is buckling under the weight

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January 14, 2026
middle
Future of Work

Top economist says latest jobs data shows a ‘jobless expansion’ with no historical precedent—and it’s ‘gut-wrenching’ for the middle class

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January 7, 2026
Apple CEO Tim Cook
Success

Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

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December 12, 2025
Zohran Mamdani
Economy

The analyst who once predicted the ‘end of capitalism’ sees Zohran Mamdani’s election as a ‘day of reckoning coming in’—and corporates only have themselves to blame

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November 22, 2025
Ray Dalio, Founder and CIO Mentor, Bridgewater Associates speaks onstage during The Wall Street Journal's 2024 The Future Of Everything Festival at Spring Studios on May 22, 2024 in New York City.
Big Tech

Nvidia turns negative after Ray Dalio warns the latest market boom is a ‘big bubble with big wealth gaps’ poised for a politically explosive bust

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November 20, 2025
Working mother in South Korea with child
Success

South Korean banks offer baby bonuses, flexible schedules, and years-long sabbaticals while U.S. women leave the workforce in droves

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November 20, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on November 16, 2025 at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Personal Finance

Trump promises to send $2,000 tariff dividend checks ‘probably the middle of next year, a little bit later than that’

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November 17, 2025
Jerome Powell
Economy

Top analyst sees ‘genuine cracks for mid- to lower-end consumers’ as the K-shaped economy continues to bite

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November 17, 2025
Protesters charge at police during a youth anti-government march in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.
North America

Gen Z protests spread from Nepal to Mexico as thousands take the streets to protest crime, corruption and impunity

By María Verza and The Associated Press
November 17, 2025
President Trump and Elon Musk
Success

America’s wealthiest billionaires got $698 billion richer this year—and Trump’s tax policy could give them a new windfall

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November 4, 2025
Arguments
Economy

Top analyst who once feared ‘the end of capitalism’ rips French and British boomers for sabotaging Gen Z futures

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September 15, 2025
Shopper
Economy

The gap between higher- and lower-income households is widening as inequality progress since pandemic has ‘gone into reverse,’ BofA economist says

By
August 13, 2025

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