Wall Street’s ‘M&A Follies’: Why the Curtain Never Falls
AOL and Time Warner split, Comcast and NBC join. The merger merry-go-round continues to spin. Investment bankers and corporate execs get to grab the brass ring. The rest of us get pink slips and higher prices.
Looking at Inequality By The Numbers
The Program on Inequality and the Common Good periodically releases a “data chart pack” with summary charts that look at inequality trends. Our latest edition includes the most recent data available on income and wealth distribution. We’ve just published an updated version, which you can review here online. It’s a great tool for educators, activists [...]
The Estate Tax Battle: Who’s Winning?
The U.S. House of Reps has voted to extend the only federal tax levy on grand accumulations of private wealth. But that extension essentially keeps in place all of George W.’s tax rate cuts on billionaire bequests.
