New Orleans An obvious disclosure is that we deeply care about poverty. We care about whether money is overtaking politics, too. We in fact believe that the poor would have a better shot at participation and policy if the role of money was lessened. So I’m admitting all of that, but nonetheless I am mystified …
Category: Financial Justice
One Economy Town Hall
New Orleans This was an unusual event, and I’m not totally sure that I have figured it out yet, but One Economy Corporation came to New Orleans to do something they called a Town Hall about Poverty. They invited a slew of people from in and around New Orleans along with a panel of …
Fisher Island Tax Breaks
New Orleans On the plane the other day I read a research report that had become big news in Miami called “Fisher Island: Rich Play, Poor Pay.” The report detailed the way people living in perhaps the richest zip code in America on Fisher Island near Miami Beach have managed to “game” the …