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.
Paul Buchheit, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 25, 2008. Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who made a clever bet against subprime mortgages, made close to $4 billion.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 16, 2008. It's becoming clearer that there are two economies -- one for the very rich and another for the rest of us.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. April 1, 2008. To have a truly productive conversation about race we must address the wealth disparities that perpetuate racial inequality.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. March 18, 2008. Forbes' latest list of billionaires reveals a global concentration of wealth that has reached truly staggering proportions.
John Miller, Dollars and Sense. February 8, 2008. The economic recovery underway since late 2001 is probably over. Too bad many Americans never got to experience it.
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.
Jesse Reynolds, AlterNet. January 18, 2008. Gregory Clark's book A Farewell to Alms suggests that race- and class-based inequality is inherent -- perhaps even deserved.
Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. January 8, 2008. Mitt Romney's family history offers insights into America's recent past. But don't hold your breath waiting for Mitt to share it.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. November 15, 2007. Scholars and activists gathered in North Carolina gathered recently to examine a series of political decisions that have privileged the powerful.
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?
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 22, 2007. A new novel envisions a near and fearsome future that just might scare America straight to a more equitable here and now.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 8, 2007. A new business study on global household wealth documents how the world's wealth is continuing to concentrate in the pockets of the awesomely affluent.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. September 13, 2007. One of the world's most honored public intellectuals, writing in a premiere policy journal, is calling for limits on income and fortunes.
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?
Paul Buchheit, AlterNet. September 10, 2007. An exaggerated belief, especially among men, that they will be successful in competitive situations may be what's preventing an uprising among working Americans.
Amaad Rivera, Black Agenda Report. September 5, 2007. War, racism and economic exploitation continue to erode the path for the poor and Black Americans to get merit for their work and obtain the wealth they deserve.