Stories by Sam Pizzigati

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.

Is banking merely a grubby game where the few enrich themselves at the expense of the many?

There was a day when the Chamber was more than an ideological organization.

Yes, the administration lied repeatedly to get us into Iraq, but what about the spin campaign around the estate tax?

The Dutch are angry about over-the-top CEO pay, and they're not going to take it any more.

Americans used to follow horse racing more fervently than all other sports save baseball and boxing.

America's elite political consultants are making millions off the political contributions of average Americans.

It's becoming clearer that there are two economies -- one for the very rich and another for the rest of us.

"Policies that produce more egalitarian societies may explain profound health improvements."

Forbes' latest list of billionaires reveals a global concentration of wealth that has reached truly staggering proportions.

Enormous accumulations of wealth are hitting New Yorkers where it really hurts -- at the deli counter.

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.

A landmark new study scrutinizes the high-flying private equity industry -- and complicates life for our global greedy.

Mitt Romney's family history offers insights into America's recent past. But don't hold your breath waiting for Mitt to share it.

Hedge fund speculators are making billions by the bushel. But, come politics time, the managers of these funds know better than to gamble.

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?

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?

A new novel envisions a near and fearsome future that just might scare America straight to a more equitable here and now.

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.