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Bush Tax Cut Unfair, Won't Help Economy (April, 2003)
The only thing this plan "stimulates" will be more economic inequality in the U.S. Plus: "double taxation" hogwash. HTML

Federal Reserve: Racial Wealth Gap Has Grown (March 7, 2003)
The gap between the net worth of typical white families and families of color grew by 21% between 1998 and 2001. HTML

Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes (Beacon Press, 2003)
A sound and compelling case for estate tax reform, not repeal from Bill Gates Sr. and UFE Program Director Chuck Collins. Learn more and order

Executive Excess 2002 (August, 2002)
CEOs of companies under investigation for accounting irregularities earned 70% more from 1999 to 2001 than the average CEO at large companies. PDF (464 KB)

Titans of the Enron Economy: The 10 Habits of Highly Defective Corporations (April, 2002)
This prescient report showed how many of the problems dramatically revealed by the Enron scandal are woven tightly into the fabric of American business. It ranked the worst companies in 10 areas and gave Enny Awards to companies with Enronesque behavior, including General Electric, Citigroup, AOL TimeWarner, WorldCom and Halliburton. Includes 12-step program for breaking Enronesque habits. PDF (475 KB)

Our Communities Are Not for Sale (October, 2001)
Details privatization battles in six sectors: Education, Health Care, Public Housing, Welfare, Prisons, and Water. Plus an update on global trade agreeements. PDF (1.2 MB)

Executive Excess 2001 (August, 2001)
Annual CEO pay report finds that CEO pay rose 571% between 1990 and 2000; CEOs who laid off workers were paid higher than average. PDF (435 KB)

The Bigger They Come, The Harder They Fall (April, 2001)
Report Indicates High Levels of CEO Pay Foreshadow Poor Stock Performance
PDF (259 KB)

Executive Excess 2000 (August, 2000)
Annual CEO pay report finds that CEO pay shot up 535% between 1990 and 1999; worker pay barely outpaced inflation. PDF (227 KB)

Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity (2000)
Handbook by UFE co-directors Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskel. Press Release | Order

Choosing the High Road: Businesses That Pay a Living Wage and Prosper (March, 2000)
Responsible Wealth report documents business benefits of raising pay. PDF (390 KB)

Divided Decade: Economic Disparity at the Century's Turn (December, 1999)
More billionaires, more bankruptcies: UFE report shows the record-breaking economic boom of the 1990s has left Americans more polarized and debt-ridden. HTML | PDF (75 K)

Campus Living Wage Manual (1999)
Details how to organize and win a College Campus Living Wage Campaign. HTML

A Decade of Executive Excess: The 1990s (September, 1999)
Annual UFE report reveals that CEO pay soared between 1990 and 1998; US CEOs are paid far more than CEOs abroad. HTML

Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap (1999)
Barbara Ehrenreich, Jim Hightower, Molly Ivins and others praise UFE book on the true state of the American economy in the 1990s. Press Release | Excerpts

Executive Excess 1998: CEOs Gain from Massive Downsizing (April, 1998)
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Born on Third Base: Sources of Wealth of the 1997 Forbes 400 (October, 1997) HTML

Executive Excess 1997: CEOs Gain from Massive Downsizing (May, 1997)
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Born on Third Base: Sources of Wealth of the 1996 Forbes 400 (October, 1996) HTML

 

  

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