by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 16, 2011 | Blog
Mainstream economists all around the world used to assume that equality acted as a drag on economic growth and development. Not anymore, as new International Monetary Fund analyses make quite clear. U.S. politicos, of course, have yet to catch up to the new global...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 11, 2011 | Blog
Not all plutocrats scheme in the shadows like the rabidly right-wing Koch brothers. We need to learn how to recognize plutocracy's more subtle putches. The best primer? The battle over education's future. “Plutocracy” first burst big-time into our national political...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 4, 2011 | Blog
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies documents how America's top corporate execs are stiffing Uncle Sam — and lavishly lining their own pockets in the process. Sarah Anderson, a veteran analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., has...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 29, 2011 | Blog
Forty years ago, U.S. corporate honchos saw their power ebbing away — to a ragtag mob of long-hairs and loony social reformers. So they did what corporate honchos always do. They asked for a memo. A landmark historical anniversary passed by almost totally unnoticed...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 23, 2011 | Blog
The latest sign that our staggering gap between the rich and everybody else is really messing up modern life? Even purveyors of fine art are now starting to feel irked about inequality. Want to get some cold stares at an art world cocktail party? Just jiggle the ice...
