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Income inequality
New census data shows inequality continues to grow in the U.S.
by
Erika Beras
Sep 26, 2019
Top earners took a bigger slice of the income pie, while everyone else's slices shrank.
Why labor unions keep shrinking
Aug 22, 2019
It's not just the shift away from a manufacturing economy.
Is a struggling California town a victim of its own charm?
by
Scott Cohin
Nov 23, 2018
An entity that buys land in Pescadero, California to preserve it as open space also effectively takes the land off the tax rolls
African-Americans, women and millennials have more economic anxiety than the rest of the country
Mar 7, 2018
Whether your economic anxiety has increased or decreased in the last year depends on who you are, according to the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll.
The experience of getting older will be very different for today’s young people
Oct 19, 2017
A new Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report said that as younger generations are getting older, their experience of aging is dramatically different to those who came before. One big difference — growing inequality between the affluent and less well off. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
What does solar energy mean to you?
Jun 19, 2017
Do you have solar panels at home? Do your neighbors?
'State of Black America' report warns progress is fragile
May 2, 2017
The National Urban League finds African-Americans are still well behind white Americans when it comes to equality.
For public good, not for profit.
These blue-collar workers are getting priced out of the cities that need them
Apr 13, 2017
Even doctors can't afford San Francisco.
Ending inequality: Chuck Collins' message to the 1 percent
by
David Brancaccio
and Paulina Velasco
Dec 22, 2016
Collins, author of "Born on Third Base," joined us to talk about the country's wealth gap.
If the economy is rigged, toward whom?
Oct 20, 2016
Most say the rich and companies benefit. Beyond that, there are stark divisions.