Reports

A new report from UFE – Foreclosed: State of the Dream 2008 – examines the racial bias of the subprime mortgage lending crisis, and the resulting huge wealth loss to people of color that has resulted.

January 16, 2008

Our annual Labor Day report (with the Institute for Policy Studies) finds that average CEO pay is 364 times the pay of an average US worker. August 28, 2007

A new report finds that African-Americans in Baton Rouge were more than twice as likely to receive sub-prime home loans as non-minorities in 2005. The report is the second in a series of reports on Louisiana lending practices commissioned by the Louisiana Community Reinvestment Coalition (LCRC) and compiled by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) Research and Policy division. June 27, 2007

As Americans get ready to pay their taxes this month, we ought to declare April 15 "Tax Pride Day." In the face of all the greed and laying up of treasure going on all around us in our consumerist society, let's celebrate those who want a good government that provides all citizens with opportunity and essential services. Our taxes pay for such a government. Why not celebrate the shared investment we all make?  April 12, 2007

In 2003, ten large US corporations listed in this report each earned more than $1 billion in pre-tax profits, yet paid no federal income taxes. June 14, 2005

April 13, 2005

CEOs at companies that outsource the most US jobs are rewarded with bigger paychecks, according to a new report, “Executive Excess 2004: Campaign Contributions, Outsourcing, Unexpensed Stock Options and Rising CEO Pay.” August 31, 2004

Two new studies by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) find that a permanent repeal of the federal estate tax would greatly reduce charitable giving. The CBO estimated that overall charitable giving would decline between 6 and 12 percent, and the decline in charitable bequests would range from 20 to 30 percent, if the estate tax were fully repealed. August 2, 2004

A 2004 report, "I Didn't Do It Alone: Society's Contribution to Individual Wealth and Success," spotlights successful entrepreneurs and concludes that the myth of self-made success is destructive to the social and economic infrastructure that fosters wealth creation.

June 24, 2004

A new report, entitled “Shifty Tax Cuts: How They Move the Tax Burden off the Rich and onto Everyone Else,” from UFE indicates that between 2002 and 2004, the Bush tax cuts to the top 1% of US income earners redirected billions of dollars in revenue that could have eliminated virtually all of the budget shortfalls in the states. April 7, 2004