by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 21, 2010 | Blog
The rich, many Americans have come to believe, rule. But how? The current hubbub over the federal budget deficit opens a welcome window to understanding just how our rich keep riding so high. How can you tell whether you live in a plutocracy? Easy. Just conduct this...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 14, 2010 | Blog
Localities the nation over can't afford to fill potholes or keep libraries open. Yet top corporate execs are continuing to stuff their pockets with our tax dollars. Here's how we can start the unstuffing. Americans don’t like the idea of their tax dollars making...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 9, 2010 | Blog
How much does inequality cost us? The United States holds far more wealth than any other nation in the world. Yet average people in 11 other countries, says landmark new UN research, are enjoying a higher standard of living than Americans. Twenty years ago, in 1990,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 7, 2010 | Blog
Newly victorious lawmakers have wasted no time rushing to show they really do care — about keeping Wall Streeters lavishly rewarded. All in all, not a bad week for Wall Street. On last Tuesday, voters gave friends of high finance a lock grip over the U.S. House of...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog
Let's try to get more precise. America's super rich aren't 'buying' our elections. They're making an 'investment' in prosperity. Their own. And so what have Americans learned from the now-concluded 2010 mid-term election campaign, aside from the existence of an Aqua...
