Inequality
Equal dignity, unequal outcomes. Here’s the part you control.
About a dozen people own more than the poorest half of humanity, by Oxfam’s count in January 2026.1 You can’t change that from your kitchen. You can get money already owed to working families into their hands, pay the people who work for you the way the law intends, and send cash straight to people in extreme poverty. Pick a door.
Learn
What’s true
Why the head count is fragile and the concentration isn’t, what cash does in Kenya and in the US, and where economists disagree.
10 minutes
Do
The whole thing
Give cash directly, write to your legislator about one bill, do free tax returns in tax season. Every action graded by its evidence.
5 minutes to a shift a week in tax season
Practice
Keep it going
A year built around tax season, a drill on the claims you’ll hear at dinner, and your checklist.
Yearly rhythm
If you only have
- Five minutes: give cash directly. 71 to 85 cents of each dollar reaches a family.
- Fifteen minutes: sign up for free tax prep training (the last NYC info session is 3 December). No experience needed.
- If someone works in your home: check what you owe them. It’s the one floor that’s entirely yours to set.
Where this started: Equal dignity, unequal outcomes, an essay from 2025. These pages are built from the sources, not the essay; its page lists what has changed since it was written.
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