Poverty and Inequality in the USA

Debt Collection Industry - and the Debt crisis in the USA

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a collection of articles and videos looking at the Debt Collection Industry - and the Debt crisis in the USA

• Video Debt Buyers - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Article Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market - Bloomberg
• Article Meet New York City’s highest-earning official. He’s a debt collector for predatory lenders - Bloomberg

Poverty in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

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a collection about Poverty in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

• Article The end of progress against extreme poverty?
• Article The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem - The New York Times
• Article Poverty, segregation persist in U.S. schools, report says | PBS NewsHour
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Inequality in K-12 Education and the “Achievement Gap”

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a collection of articles looking at Inequality in K-12 Education and the “Achievement Gap”

• Article How cities and schools can work to close the achievement gap - Harvard
• Article Initial Lessons from the By All Means Consortium
• Article America Lets Too Much Young Talent Go to Waste - Bloomberg Opinion

Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, Policy and Elizabeth Warren’s ideas

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a collection about Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, Policy and Elizabeth Warren’s ideas

• Article Elizabeth Warren’s proposal: Universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt
• Video Warren’s Wealth Tax, reviewed - “A better way to tax the rich” - VOX
• Podcast Episode 166 — Fence-building vs. Axe-wielding | Exponent
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Piketty - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, Policy

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Piketty - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, Policy

• Article Opinion | Inequality and the Piketty Accounting Error - WSJ
• Article Poland's Economic Experiment, Starring Thomas Piketty - Bloomberg

Gini Index - Wealth, Inequality, Business Taxes, and Policy

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Gini Index - Wealth, Inequality, Business Taxes, and Policy

• Article Will shareholders halt the inexorable rise of CEO pay? | The Economist
• Article (book) Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.
• Article Income Inequality - Our World in Data
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CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality

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CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality

• Article Will shareholders halt the inexorable rise of CEO pay? | The Economist
• Article What are the average CEO salaries in the US for VC-funded startups? - Quora
• Article What income should CEOs make compared to the income of their employees? - Jason M. Lemkin | Quora
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Homeless - Poverty in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

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a collection about homeless in the USA - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, and Policy

• Article The end of progress against extreme poverty?
• Article Woman sues L.A. after being struck by a car on a street where tents block the sidewalk
• Article Oh give me a home - Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing | Europe | The Economist
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