Sarah Anderson
@sarahanderson.bsky.social
Global Economy Director and co-editor of Inequality.org at the Institute for Policy Studies (@ips-dc.bsky.social). Subscribe to our free newsletter: Inequality.org/subscribe
I'm in good company on this letter signed by 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality (like the IPCC on climate change). G20 leaders should support this. #G20SouthAfrica
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Top economists call on world leaders to set up an international panel on inequality
Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequalit...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm in good company on this letter signed by 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality (like the IPCC on climate change). G20 leaders should support this. #G20SouthAfrica
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump is boycotting the G20. Why should we care that he favors head-to-head dealmaking over multilateral cooperation? Like when the boss picks off workers 1-by-1, the powerful win & the rest of us, from Iowa farmers to Mexican factory workers, get the shaft.
Can the G20 Do More Than Serve Markets and Investors?
World leaders heading to the G20 summit should use this rare multilateral space to advance a more equitable and sustainable global economy.
inequality.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump is boycotting the G20. Why should we care that he favors head-to-head dealmaking over multilateral cooperation? Like when the boss picks off workers 1-by-1, the powerful win & the rest of us, from Iowa farmers to Mexican factory workers, get the shaft.
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🚨Calling all DC readers🚨
Come see Inequality.org editors Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati speak @politicsprose.bsky.social's wharf location this Friday! Collins will be interviewed by Pizzigati about his new book "Burned by Billionaires."
Come see Inequality.org editors Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati speak @politicsprose.bsky.social's wharf location this Friday! Collins will be interviewed by Pizzigati about his new book "Burned by Billionaires."
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨Calling all DC readers🚨
Come see Inequality.org editors Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati speak @politicsprose.bsky.social's wharf location this Friday! Collins will be interviewed by Pizzigati about his new book "Burned by Billionaires."
Come see Inequality.org editors Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati speak @politicsprose.bsky.social's wharf location this Friday! Collins will be interviewed by Pizzigati about his new book "Burned by Billionaires."
We're really proud to be part of this joint report with
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
NEW REPORT: As the G20 approaches its 20th summit, a new independent assessment finds it has failed to tackle inequality and deliver economic justice.
The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7
The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We're really proud to be part of this joint report with
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
In case you're having trouble keeping track of all of the POTUS deal-making, here's a great @prospect.org summary - and strong analysis of why this approach is more about consolidating power and rewarding friends than creating good jobs for US workers.
Rule by Deal prospect.org/2025/11/10/t...
Rule by Deal prospect.org/2025/11/10/t...
Rule by Deal - The American Prospect
Donald Trump engages in ad hoc agreements with individual companies and governments to expand his power. Some observers have described these actions as a new “economic nationalism”—but that term fails...
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In case you're having trouble keeping track of all of the POTUS deal-making, here's a great @prospect.org summary - and strong analysis of why this approach is more about consolidating power and rewarding friends than creating good jobs for US workers.
Rule by Deal prospect.org/2025/11/10/t...
Rule by Deal prospect.org/2025/11/10/t...
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As the government shutdown entered its 6th week, the ~42 million Americans who rely on food stamps did not receive their benefits. But even when the shutdown ends, the threat to SNAP won’t be over. The “Big Beautiful Bill” passed in July includes the largest cuts in history.
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As the government shutdown entered its 6th week, the ~42 million Americans who rely on food stamps did not receive their benefits. But even when the shutdown ends, the threat to SNAP won’t be over. The “Big Beautiful Bill” passed in July includes the largest cuts in history.
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Today's the day Tesla shareholders will vote on Musk's insane $1 trillion pay package. For a rundown of all the key resolutions on the company's annual meeting agenda, check out this piece by Natalia Renta of
@ourfinancialsecurity.org
@ourfinancialsecurity.org
Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Pay Package Isn’t the Only Bad Thing on the Tesla Shareholder Ballot
Investors will vote on several issues at the heart of a broader national effort by oligarchs and corporate insiders to consolidate power over our economy.
inequality.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today's the day Tesla shareholders will vote on Musk's insane $1 trillion pay package. For a rundown of all the key resolutions on the company's annual meeting agenda, check out this piece by Natalia Renta of
@ourfinancialsecurity.org
@ourfinancialsecurity.org
Peter Weiss was a fearless lawyer who cooked up wildly creative ways of going after the baddies, from Henry Kissinger to corporate criminals. He also had a wicked dry wit.
Grateful to have had the chance to spend time with him during his 99 yrs.
@ips-dc.org tribute: ips-dc.org/remembering-...
Grateful to have had the chance to spend time with him during his 99 yrs.
@ips-dc.org tribute: ips-dc.org/remembering-...
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Peter Weiss was a fearless lawyer who cooked up wildly creative ways of going after the baddies, from Henry Kissinger to corporate criminals. He also had a wicked dry wit.
Grateful to have had the chance to spend time with him during his 99 yrs.
@ips-dc.org tribute: ips-dc.org/remembering-...
Grateful to have had the chance to spend time with him during his 99 yrs.
@ips-dc.org tribute: ips-dc.org/remembering-...
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"Eilish’s comments are part of a growing realization that the rules of the economy favor those with assets over those who earn wages." -- @chuck77.bsky.social of @ips-dc.org
Billie Eilish to billionaires: 'No hate, but give your money away, shorties'
Grammy and Oscar winner Billie Eilish called on billionaires to give away more of their wealth. Speaking at the WSJ.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Eilish’s comments are part of a growing realization that the rules of the economy favor those with assets over those who earn wages." -- @chuck77.bsky.social of @ips-dc.org
Happy Halloween. And Free DC!
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Happy Halloween. And Free DC!
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NEW: As pet ownership grows more popular, billionaires and private equity firms are buying up an unprecedented share of pet services and hospitals. Today, the cost of veterinary care is 60% higher than a decade ago.
IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social in @thenation.com:
IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social in @thenation.com:
The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
And they want to make bigger profits.
www.thenation.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW: As pet ownership grows more popular, billionaires and private equity firms are buying up an unprecedented share of pet services and hospitals. Today, the cost of veterinary care is 60% higher than a decade ago.
IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social in @thenation.com:
IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social in @thenation.com:
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For 1 minute, follow the Roadmap to Richistan to learn some of what I explore in my new book #BurnedByBillionaires: The ultra-wealthy got there by exploiting all of us, and we can stop them together. Read it, protest, put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com #Inequality
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For 1 minute, follow the Roadmap to Richistan to learn some of what I explore in my new book #BurnedByBillionaires: The ultra-wealthy got there by exploiting all of us, and we can stop them together. Read it, protest, put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com #Inequality
Bold change often bubbles up from the states...
A just proposed 2026 California ballot initiative would levy a 5% tax on the state’s #billionaires and direct 90% of the returns to Californians on Medicaid and the institutions that serve them, with the rest going to K-12 schools. prospect.org/2025/10/23/u...
Unveiled Today: The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax - The American Prospect
A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million state Medicaid recipients. The spillover effects of its presence on the midter...
prospect.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Bold change often bubbles up from the states...
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For more info on the campaign to urge shareholders to vote "no" on Musk's $1 trillion pay package: takebacktesla.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For more info on the campaign to urge shareholders to vote "no" on Musk's $1 trillion pay package: takebacktesla.com
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When neighbors are threatened by ICE, everyday Americans step in with lessons from history...
NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...
NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...
The People, United
YouTube video by Dolores Huerta Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When neighbors are threatened by ICE, everyday Americans step in with lessons from history...
NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...
NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...
grotesque
Corporate income taxes were $77 billion lower this year.
The companies enjoying the biggest tax breaks include some of the multinational corporations that were already paying close to zero before more tax cuts were passed this summer. itep.org/trump-tax-la...
The companies enjoying the biggest tax breaks include some of the multinational corporations that were already paying close to zero before more tax cuts were passed this summer. itep.org/trump-tax-la...
Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit
Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.
itep.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
grotesque
From my experience working on CEO-worker pay gaps for decades, I've always known that there is enormous common ground on this issue across the political spectrum.
When right wingers learn just how big pay gaps between CEOs and average workers really are, they favor fair tax & other solutions much more
Check out this path-breaking research, based on surveys in the US and 5 other countries
h/t @lseinequalities.bsky.social
Check out this path-breaking research, based on surveys in the US and 5 other countries
h/t @lseinequalities.bsky.social
When Far-Right Voters Learn Wage Inequality Facts, Their Support for Policy Solutions Jumps
A new study of voters in the United States and five other countries finds that those on the far right become much more supportive of redistributive policies when they know the true extent of the wage…
inequality.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
From my experience working on CEO-worker pay gaps for decades, I've always known that there is enormous common ground on this issue across the political spectrum.
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In the United States, CEOs earn about 269 times more than average workers. But the U.S. public estimates that gap at only 18 times — and would prefer that CEOs make no more than five times average worker pay.
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In the United States, CEOs earn about 269 times more than average workers. But the U.S. public estimates that gap at only 18 times — and would prefer that CEOs make no more than five times average worker pay.
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In this week’s newsletter:
-How can progressives win back the working class?
-RN union in Michigan wins hard-fought contract!
-Chuck Collins' new book 'Burned by Billionaires'
-People vastly underestimate wage inequality, see the real numbers
-Much more!
-How can progressives win back the working class?
-RN union in Michigan wins hard-fought contract!
-Chuck Collins' new book 'Burned by Billionaires'
-People vastly underestimate wage inequality, see the real numbers
-Much more!
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In this week’s newsletter:
-How can progressives win back the working class?
-RN union in Michigan wins hard-fought contract!
-Chuck Collins' new book 'Burned by Billionaires'
-People vastly underestimate wage inequality, see the real numbers
-Much more!
-How can progressives win back the working class?
-RN union in Michigan wins hard-fought contract!
-Chuck Collins' new book 'Burned by Billionaires'
-People vastly underestimate wage inequality, see the real numbers
-Much more!
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Want to start researching the power of oligarchs, billionaires and corporations?
Want to learn how to power map your local corporate power structure?
Check out these resources: mapthepower.net
Want to learn how to power map your local corporate power structure?
Check out these resources: mapthepower.net
Map The Power - Toolkit
To build stronger and more sustainable campaigns and movements that win, we need sharper analysis of the power structures we’re up against. Power research done by and for our movements is one tool tha...
mapthepower.net
October 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Want to start researching the power of oligarchs, billionaires and corporations?
Want to learn how to power map your local corporate power structure?
Check out these resources: mapthepower.net
Want to learn how to power map your local corporate power structure?
Check out these resources: mapthepower.net
TWICE as much on work req admin costs as on medical aid?! Makes my blood boil.
Georgia's Medicaid work requirements have been a disaster. The goal is clearly to shrink enrollment by burying low-income families in red tape -- not boost employment.
October 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
TWICE as much on work req admin costs as on medical aid?! Makes my blood boil.
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HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth & Power are Ruining our Lives & Planet! @laurenaratani.bsky.social says it; I'm "optimistic that there can be change," especially with coverage like this: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth & Power are Ruining our Lives & Planet! @laurenaratani.bsky.social says it; I'm "optimistic that there can be change," especially with coverage like this: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
Managers tried to keep people working at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse last month despite the unbearable smell of sewage.
With help from their union - @teamsters.bsky.social - the workers banded together and got everyone sent home with pay.
inequality.org/article/we-c...
With help from their union - @teamsters.bsky.social - the workers banded together and got everyone sent home with pay.
inequality.org/article/we-c...
We Closed JFK8 After a Sewage Pipe Burst, One of Many Victories for Amazon Teamsters This Year
Collective action is needed to improve working conditions at America’s second-largest private employer.
inequality.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Managers tried to keep people working at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse last month despite the unbearable smell of sewage.
With help from their union - @teamsters.bsky.social - the workers banded together and got everyone sent home with pay.
inequality.org/article/we-c...
With help from their union - @teamsters.bsky.social - the workers banded together and got everyone sent home with pay.
inequality.org/article/we-c...
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#ICYMI: Beginning in November, New Mexico will become the first state in the U.S. to offer free child care to all residents regardless of income.
Every family should have access to affordable child care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/18/new-mexico-free-child-care-grisham
Every family should have access to affordable child care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/18/new-mexico-free-child-care-grisham
September 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#ICYMI: Beginning in November, New Mexico will become the first state in the U.S. to offer free child care to all residents regardless of income.
Every family should have access to affordable child care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/18/new-mexico-free-child-care-grisham
Every family should have access to affordable child care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/18/new-mexico-free-child-care-grisham