by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 14, 2010 | Blog
Republicans in Congress have introduced a breathtaking new budget plan that would essentially put America's plutocracy on steroids. The Republican Party, critics like to quip, has become the “party of no.” That tag no longer works. The GOP has now become,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 11, 2010 | Blog
The world's super-duper rich, in the new Forbes magazine count, total just over 1,000 — and hold more wealth than half of humanity. The annual billionaire issue of Forbes magazine, published earlier this week, has a bit of everything. You can thumb these pages,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 7, 2010 | Blog
The White House wants to require firms that do business with the government to pay decent wages. That could work — if we go after all pay that's indecent. Labels can often cloud reality. Take the labels of “private” and “public” sector....
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 1, 2010 | Blog
Deep down in our lobes, says new research from an international scientific team, sits a basic tilt toward fairness. Are we humans hard-wired to hoard or to “share the wealth”? Are we selfish by nature? Or do our psyches have a preference for equality...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 28, 2010 | Blog
To really reform big bank behavior, we need to scuttle the pay system that 'entitles' Wall Streeters to however much loot they can grab. Too many Americans, conservative ideologues often lament, feel entitled to the good life, even if they haven’t worked to...
