Inequality, Consumerism, and the Disintegrating American Community

This essay explores the centralization of wealth and power as one of the driving forces of political and social instability in America and asks the question, "Are we heading towards revolution?" Using French anthropologist, René Girard, as a guide to understand our instability, the essay e

Systematic Inequality - Center for American Progress

Wealth Inequality in America over Time: Key Statistics

The progressive consumption tax: A win-win solution for reducing American economic inequality.

Should increased spending on public infrastructure versus spending on means-tested welfare programs alleviate income inequality in the United states? - Quora

The Subtle Impending Crisis: A Critical Examination of the World's Top 7 Negative Social Values, by Ramu Bishwakarma, PhD

Income inequality in the EU: General trends and policy implications

Ron Ivey

End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin

How rising U.S. income inequality exacerbates racial economic disparities - Equitable Growth

Consumption and Consumerism — Global Issues

The Decline and Fall of Consumer Society?