by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 22, 2009 | Blog
Don't expect an answer from the ranters and ravers who frequent 'Tea Parties' — or the politicians who egg them on. You don’t have to dig particularly deep, in the United States today, to find some striking similarities between today’s virulently...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 18, 2009 | Blog
What has the potential to save more lives, the insurance reforms in the House health care bill or the higher taxes on the rich the bill imposes to pay for those reforms? This rather odd question, suggests a new study on inequality and health, really does merit asking....
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 16, 2009 | Blog
Unfortunately, lawmakers aren't doing too well either — and the big bank bonus grab has once again shifted into overdrive. The bankers at Goldman Sachs, Goldman's CEO pronounced last week, are doing “God’s work.” God, these days, must truly be...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 9, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Amid double-digit joblessness, two top U.S. corporations cut still another mega merger deal that enriches execs and tosses workers, by the thousands, out onto the street. You don’t have to be a high-flyer in high finance to get a kick — and a fortune...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 1, 2009 | Blog
Investing recklessness at Harvard is making 'the best and the brightest' look awfully silly — almost as silly as a nation that lets staggering quantities of wealth continue to concentrate. Wild chases after vast riches, last fall’s global meltdown reminded...
