Why does prosperity compound in some places and flounder in others? Nobel Prize winner James Robinson and I sat down to discuss a radical new concept he’s been stirring up
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A new AI Aristocracy is emerging. Wealth is massively accruing for a few while millions more are at risk of losing their jobs.
In this guest essay I wrote with @aisupremacy.skystack.xyz I explain how this is sure to widen inequality in the short-term.
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Happening soon!
About to go live chatting inequality with @jeremybney.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/...
I’ll be live with @thewaroncars.bsky.social on Thursday at 12pm ET discussing how cars create inequality in our economy and society and what life after cars could actually look like. Register here open.substack.com/live-stream/...?
Do not miss it!
I’m chatting visualizing inequality with @jeremybney.bsky.social LIVE next week. Details: open.substack.com/live-stream/...?
Mackenzie Scott donated more in 2025 than Bezos, Musk, Page, and Ellison have donated in their lifetimes COMBINED
A 5 year writing journey. What I’ve learned and where it’s going.
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Top 55 on Substack right now - come join for the ride americaninequality.substack.com
78 million Americans now live within 3 miles of a Superfund site, a toxic waste dump known to lower school performance, life expectancy, and birthweights. Site cleanup has now hit rock bottom, threatening thousands of communities in our biggest cities americaninequality.substack.com/p/toxic-wast...
The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right.
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The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right.
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Will be live tomorrow discussing whether the $6.25 billion investment from the Dell family that is offering $250 dollars to 25 million children is a good idea. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Electricity bills are rising 3x faster than inflation. Data centers are devouring supply and raising the cost of living for households. I show which states are feeling it worst and what we can do about it.
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Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality
Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality
I’m working with GiveDirectly and a group of authors to fight global poverty. I’ll be matching donations this week and so will @give-directly.bsky.social - you can be a real change-maker!
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“Bank CEOs should be forced to have a framed version of this image on their desks”
We are *really* bad at forecasting
Baby boomers hold more than $85 trillion in assets, making them the richest generation by far. New research explores the extraordinary rise in their good fortunes — one that experts say successive generations will be hard-pressed to replicate.
Spoke with WaPo about why it’s so much harder for GenZ to rise up the economic ladder
I spoke with WaPo about what is driving the generational wealth gap. wapo.st/43DtV7X
I love this new chart I made. Colors. Message. Clarity. It’s just doing it for me.
High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it.
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it.
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
I’ll be live with @colinwoodard.bsky.social at 1:30pm ET discussing how the divides within the nation are driving much of our political, policy, and economic conversations open.substack.com/live-stream/...
7 million people gathered across 2,600 small towns and cities yesterday for the No Kings protest, making it the largest single-day protest in America in the last 50 years
I spoke with @julieroginsky.bsky.social about the increasingly important role of states in building out a new progressive machine. We covered which states are leading and lagging in the fight for more opportunity.
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I dug into half a million detention records to uncover where the immigration court system is buckling. I identify why courts are drowning under backlogs, where immigrants are crammed into facilities, and which detention centers are profiting. americaninequality.substack.com/p/injustice-...
