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Thinking About “The Buffett Rule”

By Colin Greer on May 01, 2012

It was useful for Warren Buffett to bring his iconic power to bear on the gross inequalities in the American tax system. But his willingness to pay more in taxes, which he shares with many progressives with considerable wealth, is in fact a declaration of solidarity with the needs of all other Americans.

The Biggest Engine of Economic Growth?

By Colin Greer on March 19, 2012

The Biggest Engine of Economic Growth? 8 Ways Taxpayers and the Government Are Necessary to Capitalism

"Broken Windows" School Reform

By Colin Greer on February 17, 2012

At the New World Foundation we continue to think about schools and that public education is a critical component of any serious effort to establish strong equality.

Creating a Forum for Community Integration for First-Generation College Students

By Noah Bernstein on July 19, 2011

A strategic goal of NWF’s Civic Opportunity Initiative Network (COIN) is to increase community capacity, create a new pipeline of well-educated local leaders who are active citizens, and stabilize community leaders as strong anchors for development in low-income communities.

How to Solve Our Economic and Environmental Crises

By Heeten Kalan on June 29, 2010

By: Heeten Kalan, senior program officer for the Environmental Health and Justice fund at the New World Foundation.

This post was originally published on Alternet

We Need Smaller Classrooms

By Colin Greer on February 24, 2010

In popular education debate, charter schools are vying with public schools. But it would actually make more sense to consider the common denominator that makes some charter schools and some public schools more successful than others.

It's Not the Deficit Stupid!

By Colin Greer on January 18, 2010

A record budget deficit coupled with increased government spending has much of America in an uproar.

A Just Society

By Colin Greer on November 18, 2009

In case you thought income inequality wasn’t bad enough, the 2008 recession made it worse. September Census Bureau stats for 2008 household income show a decline in incomes across the board, but less of a decline for those in higher brackets.

Boom and Bust

By Colin Greer on November 04, 2009

We are now seeing in the extreme what happens in a boom and bust cycle–when the “boom” years are followed by a bleak period after the bubble bursts.

A Case for Public Spending

By Colin Greer on October 25, 2009

When thinking about public spending it is helpful to think about gender relations and the fight for gender equality.

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