Building Wealth During Covid

File under, The Rich get richer… From Oxfam Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of Continue reading →

Income And Wealth Inequality – 2022

No surprise, there is income and wealth inequality. Also no surprise, little is changing it. Wages in the US are Continue reading →

US Upward Immobility

Conventional wisdom, at least in the US: Work hard and get ahead in life. The data says: If you start Continue reading →

Inflation Rises

Inflation is up! That’s the big news in the US. Inflation reached 8.6% in May 2022, dramatically higher than its Continue reading →

Wages And Inflation Rise

Wages are up 4.5% in the US! Inflation is up 7.9%. Oops. Accounting for both, real wages are down 2.6%. Continue reading →

Robots Changing Workplace – December 2021

Robots began entering the workplace about sixty years ago. Since then, the trend has been accelerating. Technology advances have helped, Continue reading →

Worldwide Inflation Rises

What was academic has now been proven, an uncommon suite of impacts means inflation is up in many countries (39 Continue reading →

Pandora Papers Tax Havens

Another report has unveiled more tax evaders. Bigger than the Panama Papers from several yeas ago, the recently released Pandora Continue reading →