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Meet the New Global Tax Haven, the United States

NonProfit Quarterly

There are many reasons, including public policies—both on the expenditure side (that is, government support for education, childcare, healthcare, and so on) and on the revenue side (that is, how progressive or regressive taxes are). What accounts for such extraordinary concentration of wealth at the top in the United States?

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

Little Myths on the Prairie As Quart points out, the stories children read influence the values they enact as adults. That markets work and public policies fail. Quart offers several examples of how US literature has crafted myths of individualism and “self-reliance,” reinforcing a capitalist worldview.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

This is neoliberalism, which is best understood as a politics in which the state acts to support the concentration of wealth among an elite few through its taxation, spending, and regulatory policies. One heartbreaking example can be seen in how children are raised. Oswald et al., 9 (September 2020): e0237725.