by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 27, 2011 | Blog
Mega-millionaire residents of Manhattan's finest luxury towers pay less of their income in federal taxes than the janitors in their towers do. Once upon a time, we had a law that discouraged that distinction. By Sam Pizzigati How much of their mega-million incomes did...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 17, 2011 | Blog
A spectacular triumph of computing power invites us to think a bit about the work only we humans can do. The game show Jeopardy! drew record ratings earlier this week as two human former champs on the show squared off against an IBM computer — named...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 13, 2011 | Blog
It’s federal budget time, and they’re talking 1950s on Capitol Hill. Well, sometimes we can move forward by turning the political clock back. But we have to know exactly where to stop. Last week, in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, President Obama pledged...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
If our business leaders spoke Norwegian, President Obama wouldn't have to beg them to do the right thing. A new report offers a fascinating window into the Scandinavian business mind. President Obama has opened 2011 preaching a new gospel: competitiveness. To succeed...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 6, 2011 | Blog
Wall Streeters made fortunes, the new official report on America's 2008 economic meltdown charges, defrauding the American public. They're still making fortunes — and this new official report is already sinking out of sight. A quarter-century ago, in 1986, the biggest...
