Who can afford to get ahead in America? The rich are getting richer, while others can't keep up. Here's why the top 1% is doing so well and why many Americans are struggling financially.

How’s the U.S. economy?

Not bad if you’re rich.

Same in 🍁: over the past year, the richest households have been rapidly multiplying their wealth, while those with tighter budgets struggle to get ahead.

Read their stories.

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Canadians are fixated on real estate and finance when what we really need is to build more stuff As asset prices rise faster than wages, Canadian talent is following the money, writes Danny Parys. Unfortunately, that money is shifting toward non-producing sectors of the Canadian economy.

"As asset prices rise faster than wages, Canadian talent is following the money. Unfortunately, that money is shifting toward nonproducing sectors of the Canadian economy ...

Sooner or later, we're going to have to make something."

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​Don't Just Tax the Uber Rich, Reform the Corporate Structure That Creates Them | Common Dreams The real engine of inequality is structural: corporate and financial practices that concentrate wealth among shareholders while shortchanging other stakeholders who should be benefiting from corporate...

"The real engine of inequality is structural: corporate and financial practices that concentrate wealth among shareholders while shortchanging other stakeholders who should be benefiting from corporate profits—and too often creating little of real value to society."

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Opinion: Should retail investors really get access to private markets? Narrative that retail investors are unfairly excluded from superior investment opportunities doesn’t hold up

The OSC wants to give retail investors access to private markets. Sounds good!? But look closer, and it starts to look like offloading risk onto people with the least power to absorb it.

By Ed Waitzer and @rwasserman.bsky.social in today's @theglobeandmail.com 🔗👇

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Capitalist and Socialist societies judge their success by different economic metrics

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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich

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Millions HAVE died, possibly even billions. It's not a recent thing, it's always been this way. Every year thousands die because they can't afford the drugs or the treatments they need. IT. ALL. ADDS. UP!

#HealthcareForAll #TaxTheRich #WealthEquality

See ya Felicia! You probably didn’t pay your fair share of tax anyway & doubtless maximised every loophole going. As did your businesses no doubt. So off you fuck. #nooneneedstobeabillionaire
#greedycunts
#eattherich
#wealthequality

We can redesign how our economy is owned so more Canadians benefit.

Ownership. It's a thang.

#OwnershipMatters #Sovereignty #Succession #EconomicSecurity #WealthEquality #EconSky #CanadaSky #CdnPoli

#wealthequality

“Dr. King didn’t just dream of equality—he demanded economic justice.
A fair distribution of wealth is not radical, it’s righteous.

✊🏾 Let’s carry forward his vision for all God’s children.

#MLK #EconomicJustice #WealthEquality #BlackHistory #AfroSpaceStudios #SocialJustice #CommunityPower”

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#WealthEquality
#UniversalBasicIncome

The system is rigged when billionaires pay less in taxes than teachers and nurses. Let’s rewrite the rules to uplift our communities and ensure fairness for all! ✊📈 #TaxTheRich #WealthEquality #ProgressiveFuture

Houses as Homes - or a Store of Capital? The report explores a troubling trend: in Canada, buying houses and condos as investment properties has become one of the fastest and most reliable ways to build wealth. This shift has made homes more...

In Canada, buying homes as investment properties has become one of the quickest ways to build wealth. This has:

- made homes more expensive
- pushed a generation out of homeownership
- funneled capital away from productive sectors into real estate speculation

Read more 👇

#Housing #WealthEquality

Looking for like minds on Bluesky? Please check out our Social Capital Partners Starter Pack!

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“No one’s breaking the law. But the economics are upside down."

SCP Fellow @rwasserman.bsky.social on how continuation funds distort valuations, mask losses and edge dangerously close to Ponzi-like dynamics.

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Request for Statement of Ambition: Visionary Founding CEO to lead the Canadian Tax Observatory Social Capital Partners is seeking a visionary Founding CEO to lead the Canadian Tax Observatory - a new, non-partisan, nonprofit Canadian institution that will drive an informed national conversation...

Please share! We're incubating the Canadian Tax Observatory and 👀 a Founding CEO to drive an informed national conversation on links b/w:

📈 taxation
💰 economic fairness
🫶 a thriving democracy

🕐 Apply by May 21

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New Canadian Tax Observatory seeks visionary founding CEO Social Capital Partners and other funders announce a new, non-partisan, nonprofit Canadian organization to lead an informed national conversation on the links between taxation, economic fairness and a...

Weekends are a great time to ponder your future.

If you're a Canadian tax policy expert with the Sunday Scaries, take a look at this transformative dream role: Founding CEO of the Canadian Tax Observatory.

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