The Globalist

Thinking beyond traditional economics perspectives to address inequality.

How capital rules the tax code and labor pays the bill.

Examining the effects of the U.S. division into Main Street, Wall Street and Washington.

Excerpts from Pope Francis’s July 2013 speech on social justice and income inequality in Rio de Janeiro.

No other factor determines one’s material position in life more than one’s grandparents.

Unraveling America’s problems with incomes, inequality and upward mobility.

Are the wealthy few in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar exploiting poor foreign workers?

Why not create a national park in Detroit dedicated to unbridled free-market policies?

What will be the ramifications of a Swiss referendum on executive compensation?

Executive compensation wasn’t always so outlandish (and still isn’t in most other developed countries).