Occupy Wall St. was right…..
In the fall of 2011, a large group of protestors occupied areas around Wall St. in NYC for six weeks under the banner of “We […]
Update Experiencing Capitalism
Wealth Concentration in the US – more of the same
October 2024 The US Congressional Budget Office has updated it findings on wealth inequality. Since 1989 the top 10%’s share of wealth has increased from […]
The Glory of Our Food – on the back of farm workers – more from John Oliver
Only the oldest amongst my readers will remember Edward R. Murrow’s 1960 CBS TV report Harvest of Shame (opens CBS channel on YouTube) that reported on […]
Wealth & Poverty course from Robert Reich – UC Berkeley
Reich is offering an online course, “Wealth & Poverty”, that started today. I watched the first lecture, “What Happened to Income and Wealth?” Looks like […]
Private Equity, Housing, and the Extraction Economy
In the last couple of years articles have begun to appear with titles like: When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord Where Have All the Houses […]
A Revisit – book review from 2001 – When Work Disappears- WJ Wilson
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Here is a book review I posted on markorton.com 3.24.2001 When Work Disappears: The World of the […]
Sources of Poverty in the US – Matthew Desmond article – Updated
Original posting – 3.6.2023 Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, has a new book Poverty, by America set to […]
Women’s Equal Pay Day – how to make it obsolete
Today, March 14, 2023 is Equal Pay Day “This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in […]
What’s Wrong With Inequality – the word?
Use of the word inequality hides the real issues.
“How Structural Racism Works” – Tricia Rose and Samuel Rosen – recently noted
If you are struggling to get your head around how racism works you will probably find it helpful to have a general framework as a […]
Tightrope – Americans reaching for hope by Kristof and WuDunn – book review
Tightrope provides a well-written description of the American crisis through personal stories and hard data. Unfortunately it falls flat in its call for action.
Recently Noted – “Across America, working-class people are dying of despair”
Essay explores the grim reality of life in one small corner of America within the broader landscape of the bottom 90%.