Solving Poverty Is Simple

Corporations are making record profits. That’s money we could use to lift millions out of misery.

What would happen to poverty in the United States if we took some of the profit businesses were generating and spread it around? In the accompanying map, you see the results. I took just half of the net operating surplus — essentially a broad measure of business profit, after subtracting depreciation — and divided it […]

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