by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 13, 2009 | Blog
To curb climate change, suggests a new report from a top-notch global scientific team, we really ought to start focusing on rich people, not rich nations. The world’s most influential nations had their experts on climate change in Italy last week. Their goal: to...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 6, 2009 | Blog, Economy
The Great Recession has shoved state governments over the fiscal edge. But what brought states to that edge in the first place? On July 1 last week, in state capitals across the United States, a new fiscal year began — amid nearly unprecedented fiscal chaos. In...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 28, 2009 | Blog
The global economic collapse, says the first in-depth survey of grand fortune since last September, has left the world's wealth just as intensely concentrated as ever. Thirteen years ago, two firms that manage the wealth of the world’s wealthy — New...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 26, 2009 | Blog
Behind every defective U.S. private enterprise, suggests a surprising new report from inside Corporate America, sits a top executive effective at grabbing for windfalls. Corporate takeover deals that pay off big — for executives — typically follow a...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 21, 2009 | Blog, Economy
In a down economy, apologists for the awesomely affluent are having to dig deep for inspiration. In the process, they're getting dirty and looking dopey. In tough economic times, work for some people can suddenly become significantly more difficult. Take, for...
