Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. January 29, 2008. A landmark new study scrutinizes the high-flying private equity industry -- and complicates life for our global greedy.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 11, 2007. It's harder to move up the economic ladder in the United States than in other wealthy countries. What happened to the American dream?
David Francis, Christian Science Monitor. November 13, 2007. That ranking would surprise most Americans, who likely consider their nation the most prosperous in the world.
Heather Boushey, AlterNet. August 30, 2007. New data show that while top earners are OK, this may be the first upswing in history in which middle-class families never fully rebound.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 28, 2007. Between 2001 and 2006, the healthcare sector added 1.7 million jobs while the rest of the economy added none. So how well is the economy really doing?