by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 3, 2014 | Economy
America’s ongoing debate over economic inequality may be turning a new page. In the debate’s first chapter, starting in the 1980s, scholars, pundits, and policymakers did battle over whether the United States was becoming more unequal. We still have some “denialists”...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 27, 2014 | Economy
Every January our global corporate and financial executive superstars, accompanied by assorted heads of state and deep thinkers, make the trek up the Alps to the Swiss village of Davos. They don’t come to party, though they do their share of imbibing. They come...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 21, 2014 | Financial Reform
A new Toronto-based campaign is aiming to change the global conversation on CEOs, workers, and the real value of their labor. The 32,400 employees at Goldman Sachs averaged $383,374 each last year, the Wall Street banking giant disclosed last week. Typical employees...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
In the year ahead, nurses in Massachusetts and campus activists in Maryland just might jump-start the struggle against America's chronic — and growing — income inequality. From the White House to the Vatican, everyone these days seems to be talking about income...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Nurses, philosophers, and trade unions have over the past 12 months all shared some fascinating ideas on how we can make our societies more equal — and much better — places to live. Economic inequality, we suspect, may have crept into more conversations in 2013...
