by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 6, 2016 | Health, Tax Reform
Millions of families live in constant dread of what an unexpected encounter — with a bee or a food additive or even a dye — could bring. One slip, and breathing could quickly become difficult, or a heartbeat dangerously low. Severe allergies, untreated, can kill. But...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 10, 2016 | Blog
The analysts who monitor our economy have a label for the companies that pump out oil and gas from the earth and dig out various other minerals and metals. Analysts have traditionally called these companies the “extractive industries.” But drilling and mining may now...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Tax law professors don’t normally have much of a public profile. Victor Fleischer does. In fact, one business journalist has just tagged this ace analyst from the University of San Diego “the closest thing the tax world has to a rock star.” Most rock stars have big...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog, Economy
Hardly anything about the Olympic dream these days is feeling particularly dreamy. The Rio de Janeiro games, some are charging, have already turned into “a large-scale catastrophe,” with everything from massive evictions and expenditures billions over budget to doping...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform, Jobs and Growth
Lloyd Blankfein, one of America’s most powerful bankers, a few years ago told a reporter that his Goldman Sachs financial colossus was doing “God’s work.” That offhand comment would provoke an instant uproar. An embarrassed Blankfein had to quickly calm the waters. He...
