Wealth and Income Inequality in the USA

The Wealth Divide: The Growing Gap in the United States Between the Rich and the Rest

An Interview with Edward Wolff

Edward Wolff is a professor of economics at New York University. He is the author of Top Heavy: The Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America and What Can Be Done About It, as well as many other books and articles on economic and tax policy. He is managing editor of the Review of Income and Wealth. MORE>>

The Hierarchy: Income Inequality in the United States

An Interview with Jared Bernstein

Jared Bernstein is the co-director of research at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the co-author of The State of Working America 2002/2003, the premier source of information on economic trends affecting working people, as well as numerous other books and reports. Between 1995 and 1996, he served as deputy chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, where he worked on the initiative to raise the minimum wage. MORE>>

Declining Unionization, Rising Inequality

An Interview with Kate Bronfenbrenner

Kate Bronfenbrenner is director of labor education research at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She worked for many years as an organizer with the United Woodcutters Association in Mississippi and the Service Employees International Union in Boston. She is the author, co-author and editor of numerous books and articles on union strategies, including Organizing to Win: New Research on Union Strategies. MORE>>

Closing the Gap Amidst Ongoing Discrimination: Women and Economic Disparities

An Interview with Heidi Hartmann

Heidi Hartmann is the founder and president of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Women's Policy Research, which conducts women-centered, policy-oriented research. She is the author of numerous reports and publications on the impacts of healthcare, wage and family leave policy on women's economic status and well-being, among many other topics. She is the recipient of a MacArthur fellowship award. MORE>>

A Taxing Problem: Diminishing Progressivity in the U.S. Tax System

An Interview with Robert McIntyre

Robert McIntyre is director of Citizens for Tax Justice, the leading research and advocacy group working for tax fairness at the federal, state and local levels. McIntyre has written hundreds of articles on tax policy issues, in publications like the Washington Post, the New York Times and academic journals. MORE>>