by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 15, 2009 | Blog
Forbes magazine, our globe’s premier scorekeeper for the games rich people play, last week delivered its latest annual tally of the world’s billion-dollar fortunes, the first since the world economy went into meltdown mode. The Forbes verdict: We’re...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 9, 2009 | Blog
America's most financially fortunate, the cagier critics of President Obama are claiming, can sidestep any hike in the tax rate on high incomes. But history tells a different story. Last fall, in the Presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama promised to raise...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 23, 2009 | Blog
Every three years, researchers from the Federal Reserve Board fan out all across the United States to figure out just how well America’s families are doing financially. The researchers knock on about 4,500 doors — and conduct incredibly detailed interviews that probe...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 15, 2009 | Blog
Huge rewards for 'talented' people are supposed to leave all our lives much better than before. But they don't — not in sports or any of the rest of life either. Everything you really need to know about life, a fun best-seller posited a few years back, you learn...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 9, 2009 | Blog
Our new White House has begun a counterattack against America's grand divide between the rich and everyone else. But we face, new stats from the IRS make dramatically plain, a steeply uphill battle. Last Thursday, the day after President Obama announced a $500,000 cap...
