Corporate America's inequality test

Some of America's most powerful business leaders are making loud promises to share their fortunes and publicly acknowledging the dangers of economic inequality.Why it matters: Corporate America is starting to read the room. For communications and corporate affairs chiefs, that raises tricky questions: Should your company join the conversation, and if so, how do you do so in a meaningful way?The big picture: The public's concern about inequality is hardly new, but expectations for meaningful change are growing.I heard some of that anxiety during side conversations Sunday evening at Money20/20 in Las Vegas, centered on who is getting left behind as the economy goes agentic. Driving the news: Over the weekend, Anthropic announced it intends to commit 5% of its equity to a new public benefit fund, with the potential to increase that stake as its valuation grows.Elon Musk responded by pledging to give one SpaceX share to every child in America next year.United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told the New York Times that wealth inequality has become a danger to society and called for a national wealth tax.So how should communicators respond? For one, don't treat this as just another item for y…

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