Sarah Anderson, Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. September 2, 2009. Outrageously large rewards for executives give executives an incentive to behave outrageously -- and engage in behaviors that put the rest of us at risk.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: World. August 10, 2009. I hope you’ll join me for my new show, Senator Sanders Unfiltered produced by Brave New Films. Follow my show on Twitter at SandersShow.
Nick Sabloff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 14, 2009. While the stimulus bill didn't end up containing any caps on CEO salaries, it did set new limits on Wall Street bonuses.
Sarah Anderson, Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. October 6, 2008. The bailout does precious little to limit the extravagant pay that gives top executives the incentive to behave outrageously.
Sam Pizzigati, Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. September 23, 2008. 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?
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. August 28, 2008. America's overpaid corporate execs have plenty of people to thank for their good fortune, including average American taxpayers.
Chuck Collins, Sarah Anderson, The Baltimore Sun. June 28, 2008. The private-jet perk is -- literally and figuratively -- a high-profile sign of an executive reward system out of control.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. May 27, 2008. The Dutch are angry about over-the-top CEO pay, and they're not going to take it any more.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. May 13, 2008. Hedge funds exploited the misfortunes of those caught beneath currency, housing and internet bubbles, and got paid by the boatload.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. May 6, 2008. How much higher can executive pay rise? Corporate shareholders may not have the patience to wait and see.
Paul Buchheit, AlterNet. January 10, 2008. If this is democracy, why doesn't the average wage earner receive a fair share of America's productive economy?
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. December 20, 2007. The gazillionaire behind the largest health care company in the U.S. discovered 'justice' a bit late in life.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. November 7, 2007. 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?
Sarah Anderson, Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. September 12, 2007. Is the labor of corporate CEOs really hundreds of times more valuable than the labor of other leaders?
Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. June 2, 2007. At a recent Qwest annual meeting, shareholders expressed anger over management's salaries and perks. Their frustration -- and management's rationalizations -- tell us a great deal about profits, power and the state of corporate America today.
Sarah Anderson, Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. April 13, 2007. The CEOs who sit on the powerful Business Roundtable are working to stop Congress from moving ahead with executive pay reform. The reason? It's all personal.