by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
Even rich people sooner or later have to drive over bridges. So why aren't the wealthy screaming about America's inadequate — and increasingly unsafe — basic infrastructure? Investing in infrastructure used to be a political no-brainer. Politicians of nearly every...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
President Obama has proposed a specific new minimum tax rate for millionaires. Should America's rich feel angry or relieved? We check the IRS tax data archives for an answer. The most famous secretary in America works “just as hard” as her billionaire boss — according...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
Can democracy, one top political scientist asked last week, 'function effectively in a society marked by vast economic inequality'? The fate of the modest new White House bid to tax our rich may tell the tale. Most Presidents of the United States end up with a...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog
At what point will our world wake up to the fantastically rewarding scam that our hedge fund masters of the universe have been running? No single individual in the United States had a more lucrative year at the office in 2011 than Raymond Dalio. Working out of his...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 29, 2012 | Blog
Behind this week’s record-smashing $2 billion-plus sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a global economy that’s enriching only the world’s super rich The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t win all that many baseball games in the eight years owner Frank McCourt signed the...
