Thomas Piketty

U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at an organizing event on February 18, 2019 in Glendale, California. Warren is attempting to become the Democratic nominee in a crowded 2020 presidential field.

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If a Wealth Tax is Such a Good Idea, Why Did Europe Kill Theirs?

9:57am February 26, 2019

by Greg Rosalsky

Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes a new kind of U.S. tax policy: a wealth tax. But the policy faces serious hurdles, including lessons from a failed experiment in Europe and a constitutional challenge

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Book News: Isabel Allende To Be Awarded Presidential Medal Of Freedom

7:40am June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

The Chilean-American novelist is among 19 people slated to receive the highest civilian honor in the U.S. Also: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm get a gruesome new translation.