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Category Archives: United States
Review of Homewreckers by Aaron Glantz and Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Two histories of financiers profiting from real estate while homeowners go belly up Jennifer Szalai New York Times October 31, 2019
The Triumph of Injustice: How the rich dodge taxes and how to make them pay by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zukman
The Triumph of Injustice (review) Oliver Bullough The Guardian October 15, 2019
Cover of Triumph of Injustice Credit: Norton
US inequality, poverty, hunger 2019
Many renters who face eviction owe less than $600. Can Washington do something to help them? A growing number of politicians think so. Emily Badger New York Times December 12, 2019
Watch 4 decades of inequality drive American cities apart. The biggest metropolitan areas are now the most unequal. Emily Badger and Kevin Quealy New York Times December 2, 2019
Income inequality in America is the highest it has been since the Census started tracking it, data shows Taylor Telford Washington Post September 26, 2019
More Americans go without health coverage despite a strong economy, Census Bureau finds Amy Goldstein and Heather Long Washington Post September 10, 2019
The Great Reversal by Thomas Philippon
Big business is overcharging you $5000 a year. Consolidation is great for corporations — and bad for almost everyone else. David Leonhardt New York Times November 10, 2019 (Book review)
Image: Cover of the Great Reversal by Thomas Philippon Credit: Harvard University Press