by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 28, 2014 | Blog, Economy
The most revealing moment of our ongoing 2014 election season? That may have come last week in a Florida gubernatorial debate when former governor Charlie Crist, now a Democrat, and current governor Rick Scott, a Republican, went mano a mano over who “has led a more...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 24, 2014 | Blog
The latest annual Global Wealth Report from the Credit Suisse Research Institute has everything you would expect from a report on global wealth. And one thing you wouldn’t: a mystery. The media coverage of the new Credit Suisse report hasn’t focused much at all on...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog
Billionaire CEO Nicholas Woodman, news reports trumpeted earlier this month, has set aside $450 million worth of his GoPro software stock to set up a brand-new charitable foundation. “We wake up every morning grateful for the opportunities life has given us," Woodman...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog
Imagine yourself part of the typical American family. Your household would have, the Federal Reserve reported in September, a net worth of $81,200. That’s not a whole lot of money. But half of America’s households would actually have less wealth than you do. Now...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 5, 2014 | Blog
Imagine yourself part of the typical American family. Your household would have, the Federal Reserve reported last month, a net worth of $81,200. Not much. But 50 percent of America’s households would actually have less wealth than you do. The other half would have...
