by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
America's deepest pockets, a new report shows, are saving big bucks from the U.S. tax code's wide assortment of income tax breaks. They're saving even more from the absence of a wealth tax. A hundred years ago, in 1913, Congress wrote into law a federal income tax....
by Sam Pizzigati | May 28, 2013 | Financial Reform
High-profile prosecutions only hint at the crime and ethical misbehavior rampant in America's most rewarding high-finance suites. They’re hunkering down at SAC Capital, the hedge fund empire billionaire Steven Cohen has spent over two decades building. Federal...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
If President Obama played basketball with the king of Bhutan, would the world have a better shot at becoming a happier place? What makes us happy? A simple question. In America, we’ve been asking it ever since 1776, the year we declared for “life, liberty, and the...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Looking for a quick fix to the deep inequality that so afflicts us? Stop your searching. We need to strategize instead for the long-term. A riveting new work from a leading historian helps us see how. The 79-year-old corporate gadfly Robert Monks, the former top...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 6, 2013 | Blog
America's top corporate executives love lecturing the rest of us about 'fiscal responsibility.' They want us to expect less from government. But they expect more, and a new report shows how they're getting it. Last week, federal unemployment benefits for the 400,000...
