Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for a wealth tax in the country is a potential game-changer. It would apply only to households with a net worth of $50 million or more—roughly the wealthiest 75,000 households, or the top 0.1%. those super rich would pay an annual 2% tax on every dollar of net worth above $50 million […]
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Episode 142: How Would Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax Work?; Nepalese Women Fight For Equal Pay in Construction
Posted on 07 August 2019.
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Episode 93: Nepalese Women Empowered; The Stock Buy-Back Robbery
Posted on 01 August 2018.
In the sea of millions of migrant workers who end up slaves or in forced labor, a pilot project has empowered Nepalese women working in Jordan’s garment industry to make a better deal. I spoke to the International Labor Organization’s Phillip Fishman about how the project works—and whether it can be scaled up. I, then, […]
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