by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy
They came, they saw, they took it all. Welcome to the world where thieves have no honor and those most honored — with lavish rewards — hone their talents hammering the rest of us. Hard times can be good times — for the aggressively avaricious. Where others see pain,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 12, 2010 | Blog
The tax cut pact the Obama administration announced last week has angered a good many Americans. But the pact's lavish generosity toward America's rich should not have given anyone a surprise. Most of the chatter on the tax cut deal the White House has bargained out...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 5, 2010 | Blog
The National Archives has just released a once-secret report that helps us understand how incredibly much we today coddle the wealthiest among us. Our political order in the United States, a host of observers have noted over recent years, tends to tilt toward the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 28, 2010 | Blog
Over across the Atlantic, reformers have begun a year-long probe that has the fire-power — and credibility — needed to challenge the sacred cows of the global executive compensation status quo. U.S. corporate profits, the Commerce Department reported last week, have...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 23, 2010 | Blog
The national statistics on the economic and social gaps that divide us, suggests new research two years in the making, actually understate how unequal American life has become at the more local level, where people live it. “The United States today is a country...
