On AlterNet: ceo

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How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. February 6, 2012.

That's what's on the rise: Management attempting to exercise control over their workers -- in a brutal display of power. Give in to us or lose your paycheck right now.

When Cults Collide: How Big Sports and CEO Worship Threaten Societies

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. December 13, 2011.

Jerry Sandusky will likely go to prison. But when values poisonous to healthy societies are fostered, crimes will continue to be committed-- and condoned.

How Wealthy CEOs Are Screwing Themselves Over by Squeezing Their Workers

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. August 21, 2011.

We're slouching toward a double dip, and the stock market is imploding, because consumers – whose spending is 70 percent of the economy – have reached their limit.

Philip Morris CEO's Big Gaffe -- Claims Quitting Is Easy

Don Rollins, Progressive Populist. June 3, 2011.

At shareholder meeting, Louis Camilleri tells the crowd, "Nevertheless, whilst it [tobacco] is addictive, it's not that hard to quit."

Life at the Top: Endless Obscene Bonuses for Execs, Everyone Else Getting Shafted

Sam Pizzigati, Blog for Our Future. January 31, 2011.

We historically, here in the United States, have had a word for power imbalances this striking and stark: plutocracy, or rule by the rich.

Wall Street Desperately Trying to Kill Law That Could Curb Obscene CEO Pay

Sam Pizzigati, Blog for Our Future. January 9, 2011.

Corporate America is working feverishly behind the scenes to smother a new federal mandate to roll back excessive executive pay.

How Meg Whitman Failed Her Way to the Top at eBay, Collecting Billions While Nearly Destroying the Company

Mark Ames, Yasha Levine, AlterNet. October 26, 2010.

Former CEO Whitman's record of gross incompetence, massive waste and personal enrichment is breathtaking. That the media isn't talking about it is incredible.

Why Can't We Get Anyone to Ask a Wall St. CEO the Hard Questions?

deleted, AlterNet. January 14, 2010.

It is exasperating to watch the commission in charge of investigating last year's financial disaster be distracted and deflected by the bankers who ripped us off.

Whole Foods CEO's Dumb, Hypocritical Conservative Talking Points

Mark Harris, CounterPunch. September 7, 2009.

Why Mackey's libertarian blast against health reform has touched a sensitive nerve with many health-conscious, reform-minded Americans.

The Whole Foods Boycott

tristero, Hullabaloo. August 31, 2009.

I, for one, plan on immediately shopping again at Whole Foods, assuming, of course, that they've cut all corporate ties with John Mackey.

I'm Boycotting Whole Foods Until CEO John Mackey Retracts His Extremist Statements

DarkSyde, August 13, 2009.

Mr. Mackey, you just shat all over your best customers.

Sick for Profit: Robert Greenwald on MSNBC

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. August 13, 2009.

Robert Greenwald appears on the Ed Show to talk about Sick For Profit, a new campaign to expose the greed of big health insurance companies.

Executives Receive One-Third of All Pay in the U.S.

Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress. July 22, 2009.

Between 1979 and 2006, the inflation-adjusted after-tax income of the richest 1 percent of households increased by 256 percent.

The Ideology of Unfettered Capitalism Is Crumbling -- It's a Huge Opportunity for Alternative Economics

Les Leopold, AlterNet. June 16, 2009.

Unfettered globalization, and trickle down economics are dead. This is the best teaching moment in 65 years.

Fire Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. April 27, 2009.

Join SEIU in demonstrations across the country tomorrow to protest the poster boy of corporate greed.

Grayson Digs His Claws into Citigroup CEO

Harry Hanbury, Lagan Sebert, American News Project. February 17, 2009.

CEOs of the biggest bailed-out banks finally appeared before Congress last week.

The Suits Aren't Happy: Congress Reins In Wall Street Bonuses

Nick Sabloff, Huffington Post. 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.

Wall Streeters Want Our Pity -- Gimme a Break

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. February 13, 2009.

Those poor, unappreciated Wall Street execs keep whining about the prospect of pay caps. Someone pass a hankie.

The Great New Surge in CEO Self-Sacrifice: Is It For Real?

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. January 16, 2009.

Some CEOs are taking pay cuts. But here's why it's really faux sympathy for truly struggling workers.

Disgusting: Bought Out Merrill CEO Wants $10 Million Bonus

Staff, Huffington Post. December 8, 2008.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has released a statement regarding Thain's "chutzpah" in asking for the money.

Home Depot Founder to CEOs: You 'Should Be Shot'

Michael Whitney, SEIU. November 19, 2008.

More crazy hyperbole from greedy CEOs who oppose Employee Free Choice.

Let's Make Wall Street Execs Pay for Cleaning Up the Mess They Made

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 16, 2008.

The "polluter pays" principle works in the environmental realm -- we can apply it to the financial meltdown too.

Does Greed Fuel Stupidity in Corporate America?

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. July 10, 2008.

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.

America's Top Executives Can't Lose -- Even When Everyone Else Loses Big

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. May 22, 2008.

Contemporary CEOs can't lose, mainly because they take the bulk of their pay in stock.

John McCain’s New Economic Advisor Is an 'Innovator' at Hurting Workers

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 10, 2008.

She pushed down wages, and left town with a fat severance package.