It’s the classic story on ESPN about an athlete; how he or she goes from welfare to becoming a super athlete who is super-rich.
Tag: income inequality
Honey Boo Boo versus the wastewater treatment guy
It happens every year, in the early spring. Right before we become obsessed with NCAA basketball, and several weeks before pollen blankets our patio
Obama sees the poor as well as the middle class
Shortly after assuming the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson announced his commitment to a war on poverty. That
Income inequality in Illinois
At a recent town hall meeting in Joliet, Illinois, Ed Cole, a local organizer for moveon.org examined effects of income inequality and wage theft.
Stiglitz: “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%.”
In the current issue of Vanity Fair, Nobel Prize winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, paints a picture of the United States that we may not recognize.