Timothy K. Kuhner (Georgia State): American Plutocracy. Rich people are great at spending money to make their kids rich, too: The poor spend relatively more on what will keep them alive, because they must, and the rich spend more on what will keep them rich, because they can. Nick Bunker on determining the optimal U.S. tax rate for higher earners. Neil Irwin on why Americans don’t want to soak the rich. Patricia Cohen on being middle class, but feeling economically insecure. You're probably richer than you think you are: How inequality screws with our perspective. No, inequality actually doesn’t help everyone. GDP growth is strong — that doesn’t mean inequality is going anywhere. All you need to know about income inequality, in one comparison. Nicholas Fitz on economic inequality: It’s far worse than you think. Phoebe Maltz Bovy on how we’re checking the wrong “privilege”: Stop focusing on cultural capital — start focusing on economic inequality. Let them eat privilege: Connor Kilpatrick on how focusing on privilege diverts attention away from the real villains. Steve Fraser on what we can learn from the workers, activists and even politicians who tore down the first Gilded Age. To fix inequality, Democrats are pushing unions. Democrats’ conundrum: Voters often don’t trust government to fix inequality. To fight inequality, abolish the Senate. To fight inequality, tax land. This image perfectly sums up inequality in America, according to the Internet.
