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Hedge Funders Have an Achilles Heel, Pray the Public Stays Ignorant About It

Sam Pizzigati, Blog for Our Future. April 4, 2011.

Hedge fund honchos bet on everything from gold to lawsuits. But their big bet is that we won't wise up to the giveaway our current tax code ladles on them.

How to Take on Wall Street and Win

Les Leopold, AlterNet. March 30, 2011.

It's up to us to embarrass lawmakers into making financial elites pay their fair share.

Why You Should Work for a Hedge Fund

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. April 8, 2009.

The hedge-fund honchos will come out ahead no matter what. The same thing can't be said for taxpayers.

Down But Not Out at $464 Million a Year

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 4, 2009.

Hedge fund manager earnings remain, despite the global financial collapse, at absolutely stratospheric levels.

We're Still Getting Screwed: Geithner Plan Will Make the Rich Richer!

Dean Baker, AlterNet. April 1, 2009.

Some hedge and equity fund managers could make hundreds of millions or even billions off the Geithner plan.

Elite Universities Hoard Education Funds

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. February 5, 2008.

Throwing money at the nation's top colleges and universities perpetuates educational inequality.