by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog
President Donald Trump named Michael Piwowar as acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission shortly after his inauguration. Piwowar, one of the SEC’s five commissioners since 2013, quickly flexed his acting chair muscles - on one of the agency’s most...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 20, 2017 | Blog
Mirror, mirror on the boardroom wall, who’s the greediest CEO of them all? This spring, as always, that’s going to be a tough call. We have so many worthy candidates. How about, for instance, the outgoing CEO at Coca-Cola? Muhtar Kent will be stepping down as Coke’s...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog
Americans, on average, believe that over a quarter of the federal budget - 26 percent - goes for foreign aid, pollsters report. But actual outlays for foreign aid make up just 1 percent of what the federal government annually spends. Don’t expect this startling gap...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
Law enforcement officers should enforce the law. America’s hardliners on immigration really believe that, and so does President Trump. They want local police out looking for illegal immigrants and actively helping "the feds" deport them. Local police officials - in...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog
Cheerleaders for concentrated wealth have a new reason to cheer. They have chanced upon a fresh rationalization for inequality. This new rationalization comes from an unlikely source, a sober and thoughtful just-published book from a distinguished historian and...
