Thom Hartmann, Smirking Chimp. July 28, 2009. CEOs in America pull in the big bucks because there's a shortage of people willing to destroy the lives of many other human beings.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. April 14, 2009. The AFL-CIO has launched a new Executive PayWatch site.
James Doran, The Observer UK AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009. Elizabeth Warren says infusing money "into a financially troubled entity without demanding changes in management is preposterous."
Frank Rich, The New York Times. April 6, 2009. Obama fired GM CEO Rick Wagoner as symbolic concession to public rage. Let's see some major economic reforms.
Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. March 15, 2009. Even with a new administration dedicated to doing it all differently, Americans still have little say over what is happening with our money.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 12, 2009. They're also hoping to keep up to $1.5 Million in salary this year.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 4, 2009. What are the President and Congress doing to curb Wall Street greed?
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. December 23, 2008. For obvious reasons, we probably couldn't have picked a better year than 2008 to "honor" our most avaricious.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2008. "This type of spending is indefensible and unacceptable to Citigroup's new partner and largest investor: the American taxpayer."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2008. If they had flown first-class it would have been embarrassing. But company-owned private jets?
Lagan Sebert, American News Project AlterNet: Video. October 8, 2008. Watch as AIG CEOs Robert Willumstad and Martin Sullivan get harshly criticized by members of Congress.
Amanda, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2008. Bush wants zero punishment for those reckless CEOs who lost shareholder money and are now costing each person in the U.S. $2,000.