Stories by Sam Pizzigati
Sam Pizzigati is the editor of the online weekly Too Much, and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
In the UK, conservatives don't have to take the blame -- inequality has soared over the last decade with the Labor Party running the show.
Posted on Aug 13, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
A debate between campaign economists on taxes shows a clear divide on tax policy between Obama and McCain for America's wealthiest.
Posted on Aug 1, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Is banking merely a grubby game where the few enrich themselves at the expense of the many?
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
It's good to reward the best and the brightest, but when those rewards are too great they become incentives for bad, and dumb, behavior.
Posted on Jul 10, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
There was a day when the Chamber was more than an ideological organization.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Why this November's election may matter more to America's super-rich, in terms of the bottom-line, than any other in U.S. history.
Posted on Jun 18, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Yes, the administration lied repeatedly to get us into Iraq, but what about the spin campaign around the estate tax?
Posted on Jun 12, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Looking for villains around the gas pump? Look at the super-rich making bets with billions while regular people always lose.
Posted on Jun 10, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
The Dutch are angry about over-the-top CEO pay, and they're not going to take it any more.
Posted on May 27, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Contemporary CEOs can't lose, mainly because they take the bulk of their pay in stock.
Posted on May 22, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Americans used to follow horse racing more fervently than all other sports save baseball and boxing.
Posted on May 13, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
How much higher can executive pay rise? Corporate shareholders may not have the patience to wait and see.
Posted on May 6, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
America's elite political consultants are making millions off the political contributions of average Americans.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
The sums they’re raking in would have been impossible to believe even just half a dozen years ago.
Posted on Apr 24, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
It's becoming clearer that there are two economies -- one for the very rich and another for the rest of us.
Posted on Apr 16, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
She pushed down wages, and left town with a fat severance package.
Posted on Apr 10, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
"Policies that produce more egalitarian societies may explain profound health improvements."
Posted on Apr 3, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Wall Street, analysts seem to agree, routinely flouted prudent business practices in the lead-up to the current economic meltdown.
Posted on Mar 25, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Forbes' latest list of billionaires reveals a global concentration of wealth that has reached truly staggering proportions.
Posted on Mar 18, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
A self-described 'centrist' is minding Barack Obama's economic policy store.
Posted on Mar 12, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Enormous accumulations of wealth are hitting New Yorkers where it really hurts -- at the deli counter.
Posted on Mar 5, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Americans paid close attention to this year's Wisconsin primary. But for the best wisdom Wisconsin has to offer, we need to go back a hundred years.
Posted on Feb 25, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
George W. Bush’s enormously generous tax giveaways to America's wealthy will remain in place after he’s gone -- at everyone else's expense.
Posted on Feb 11, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Throwing money at the nation's top colleges and universities perpetuates educational inequality.
Posted on Feb 5, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
A landmark new study scrutinizes the high-flying private equity industry -- and complicates life for our global greedy.
Posted on Jan 29, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Is Washington hopelessly gridlocked? Not when the rich and powerful need help.
Posted on Jan 14, 2008, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Mitt Romney's family history offers insights into America's recent past. But don't hold your breath waiting for Mitt to share it.
Posted on Jan 8, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The gazillionaire behind the largest health care company in the U.S. discovered 'justice' a bit late in life.
Posted on Dec 20, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Hedge fund speculators are making billions by the bushel. But, come politics time, the managers of these funds know better than to gamble.
Posted on Dec 11, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Florida tomato pickers started a protest march last week at the Miami office of investment bank colossus Goldman Sachs. For good reason.
Posted on Dec 3, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Shareholders are losing their shirts, families are losing their homes, financial industry workers are losing their jobs, but investment bank bonuses have never been higher. Can anyone explain why?
Posted on Nov 26, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Scholars and activists gathered in North Carolina gathered recently to examine a series of political decisions that have privileged the powerful.
Posted on Nov 15, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Amid the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, a Merrill Lynch CEO finds himself ushered out the door. Can we learn a lesson from his reckless rush to glory?
Posted on Nov 7, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
A powerful House Democrat has proposed higher taxes on America's richest. His ambitious tax reform package has hedge fund managers frowning. Should the rest of us be cheering?
Posted on Oct 29, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
A new novel envisions a near and fearsome future that just might scare America straight to a more equitable here and now.
Posted on Oct 22, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Senate lawmakers have shelved plans to close the loophole that every year saves Corporate America’s richest wheelers and dealers billions of dollars in taxes.
Posted on Oct 15, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
A new business study on global household wealth documents how the world's wealth is continuing to concentrate in the pockets of the awesomely affluent.
Posted on Oct 8, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
The brief national strike against America's biggest automaker has a good bit to tell us about the gap that divides the awesomely affluent in the United States from everyone else.
Posted on Oct 2, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
One of the world's most honored public intellectuals, writing in a premiere policy journal, is calling for limits on income and fortunes.
Posted on Sep 13, 2007, Source: Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Is the labor of corporate CEOs really hundreds of times more valuable than the labor of other leaders?
Posted on Sep 12, 2007, Source: AlterNet
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