Income Inequality: Page 2

Business News

Seattle Is Taxing Amazon to Help Solve Its Homeless Problem: Bad Move.

Amazon paid zero federal income tax on a 2017 profit of $5.6 billion. It received a $784 million rebate from the new federal tax law. Seattle's 'head tax' will cost it $12.4 million yearly for five years.

Science & Technology

Our Fixation on STEM Is Leaving a Lot of Real World Problems Unaddressed

Why is it easier to hire a programmer than a plumber? And why are techies paid so much when their kids' teachers are paid so little?

Money & Finance

These Are the U.S. States Where the Gender Pay Gap Is Widest

In some states, the average man makes $15,000 more than the average woman.

Diversity

Why Tech Needs to Stop Blaming the Pipeline for Its Lack of Diversity

One-time fixes and half-measures won't cut it. Company leaders must fully commit to continuous improvement, just as they do in other aspects of their businesses.

Money & Finance

You Won't Believe the Pay Difference Between College Educated Men and Women

Researchers examined Census data to discover some major discrepancies.

Business News

The Mystery of What Millennials Really Want Is Solved at Last

A single conversation over a couple of beers reveals the prosaic truth: decent pay and benefits, a lot like their parents had.

Thought Leaders

Despite Bias, Women Entrepreneurs Are an Enormous Economic Force

A mountain of research shows that women frequently succeed in business despite a host of problems men generally don't have to face.

Leadership

Single Ladies Are More Likely to Downplay Career Goals, Study Finds

Single female MBA candidates were more likely to report lower ambitions in front of their peers than when sharing them privately with a career counselor.

Buying / Investing in Business

Here's How Investors Can Help Put the 'United' Back Into 'United States'

VC funding is abundant in Silicon Valley and a few tech hotspots, while throughout the nation entrepreneurial energy withers for lack of capital.

Leadership

Have American Women Abandoned the Battle for Equal Pay?

There are about as many women as men in the workforce but that is one of the few ways they are equals.

Business News

Women and the LGBT Community Are Natural Allies

When it comes to the workplace, women and the LGBT community are looking up at the same glass ceiling.

Starting a Business

Inequality Is Rising. What Start-ups Can Do?

Start-ups are better placed to act, as by genesis, they challenge the traditional or status-quo.

Money & Finance

Prepare for a Massive Recession

We are in for very hard economic times but the media can't tell you about it until it's too late.

Leadership

Why More Than Half of Your Employees Are Looking for a New Job

Glassdoor released new findings from its Global Salary Transparency Survey on Equal Pay Day.

Growing a Business

Regardless of Outcome, Sanders Has Shed Light on the Problem of Income Inequality

Politics aside, Bernie Sanders has at least made Americans think about crushing student-loan debt and more.