Passive Income Is the New American Dream. The Psychology Behind It Should Worry Leaders

US Taxation Is Fueled by Quiet Envy

Forget equity and fairness and reducing so-called wealth gaps. The current “tax-the-rich” movement is driven by an unspoken pathology: envy.

The Utilities Trap: Why a Furious Work-From-Home Resident Is Reeling After a Massive Construction Project Threatened Their Entire Income

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Why Wall Street Is Fired Up About Earnings—and Why There May Be Some Concern

Why Wall Street Is Fired Up About Earnings—and Why There May Be Some Concern

Decoding the 12-year wage-debt squeeze

Robust headline GDP and corporate profit numbers conceal a growing economic stress among the working class

'This is self-inflicted': Australians paying the price for economic decline

IPA Research Fellow Colleen Harkin believes falling living standards and soaring costs are the result of government decisions, not unavoidable global pressures. “We can feel that our standard of living is decreasing, the cost of living is an extraordinary burden on people,” Ms Harkin told Sky News host James Morrow. “We don’t have to be here; this is all self-inflicted. “That level of frustration amongst people and the desire to see change is growing stronger every day. “We used to have the cheapest energy in the world; we used to have one of the highest standards of living in the world.”