Stories by Sarah Anderson

European legislators voted overwhelmingly this week in favor of a tax on financial speculation, which could raise billions of Euros. Could it happen in the United States?

The Fix the Debt coalition is using the so-called “fiscal cliff” to push the same old corporate agenda of more tax breaks while shifting the burden on to the rest of us.

A new study looks at the worst executive excesses--while Congress continues to help CEOs hide their outrageous pay rates from the public.

Excessive speculation played a significant role in the 2008 food crisis, when soaring prices pushed 130 million people into hunger in the world's poorest countries.

Taxing speculation could take us a long way toward reining in Wall Street.

My cat is on the pudgy side, but she is nothing like our titans of finance. Let's stop maligning our feline friends by comparing them to greedy, evil Wall Street execs.

A new Institute for Policy Studies Report shows how big-business bubbles are keeping CEOs in the black -- and robbing the little guy.

Some expert talking points on an economy in crisis.

Upward wealth redistribution has taken billions of dollars out of the pockets of average Americans.

The candidate is proposing a radical restriction on pay for CEOs of bailed-out firms.  But is he serious or is this just election season populism?

The private-jet perk is -- literally and figuratively -- a high-profile sign of an executive reward system out of control.

Washington is long overdue for making sure U.S. trade policies put workers and the environment above corporate interests.

It looks like the party may be over for one corporate crook.

The little guys may be hurting, but fear not for the titans of capital.

Leaders of developing countries are often forced to work with institutions that promote and protect foreign investment -- with little regard for the costs to democracy and the environment.

Stephen Harper, Canada's conservative prime minister, campaigned on strengthening ties with the Bush administration. But the love affair has ended over the American "rendition" of a Canadian citizen to Syria.

Profiteering execs don't usually brag about their windfalls from the 'war on terror' -- unless they're talking to potential investors.

If Rumsfeld hopes to bask in Truman's aura as a military leader, he'd do well to take a stand against the rampant corruption that is occurring on his watch.