by Terrance Heath | Nov 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
I am beginning to understand George Will. Normally, that would worry me in too many ways to count, and it would be cause enough for my progressive friends to stage an intervention. So let me be clear, before I find myself facing just such a situation, I did not say I...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 7, 2011 | Blog
We started to make a list of people throughout history who might be considered Occupy Wall Street's spiritual forefathers and mothers, but it got so long it felt like the album cover for Sgt. Pepper. Remember all those faces? So with great difficulty the list has been...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 6, 2011 | Blog
Incredible but true: In a television interview, Rick Perry told the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators not to think about money so much. "Just find your passion," said Perry. "Stop thinking about money." The other day Yours Truly co-hosted The Young Turks with Brian...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 6, 2011 | Blog
The defenders of privilege just don’t seem to get it. In truly decent societies we measure success by how many people are leading rich, fulfilling lives, not by counting how many people are becoming rich beyond measure. Mobility, apologists for America's grand...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 6, 2011 | Blog
All sorts of federal agencies publish income inequality data. But only the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office directly takes on America's income inequality deniers. Back in 1979, America’s most affluent 1 percent took home — after federal taxes — about the same...
