by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The sourest person in the nation’s capital today just may have been Daniel Gallagher, one of the five commissioners who set policy for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the top federal watchdog over companies that trade on Wall Street. Over Gallagher’s surly...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
“Taking from the successful people to provide for those that aren’t isn’t the solution,” as White House hopeful Jeb Bush pronounced this past spring. “The solution is, How do you build capacity so people can achieve earned success?” The core assumption behind this...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 8, 2015 | Blog
Global economic inequality, the latest stats show, has reached astounding proportions. The world’s richest 1 percent last year held 48 percent of the world’s wealth, up from 44 percent in 2009. The world’s poorest 80 percent, for their part, hold a meager 5.5 percent...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Health
Peasants with pitchforks don’t normally wear lab coats and hold medical degrees. Hagop Kantarjian does. Kantarjian currently chairs the leukemia department at the prestigious M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, one of America’s top oncology facilities. But the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
Nearly a quarter-century ago, in 1991, a member of Congress angry about spiraling corporate CEO compensation introduced legislation he hoped would end that spiral — and help raise stagnant American worker wages. That legislative proposal from Rep. Martin Sabo, a...
