Sam Pizzigati
LATEST ARTICLES BY Sam Pizzigati
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Opinion
A plutocrat epiphany: All votes needn’t count
October 3, 2012America's billionaires have realized they really don't have to bother convincing a majority of people to vote their way.
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Raising taxes on the rich works for everyone
August 24, 2012Piketty and Saez joined with MIT's Stefanie Stantcheva on a brief article that helps explain why raising taxes on a nation's rich creates economies that work for everyone.
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More than a few rotten apples on Wall Street
August 20, 2012"The man of great wealth owes a particular obligation to the state," Teddy Roosevelt noted a century ago, "because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government."
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New FBI report slams corporate crooks and ‘cookie jar’ accountants
July 30, 2012If anyone doubts there is extensive rot in the so-called U.S. capitalist system, we have an invitation for them: Read the FBI's latest report on corporate criminality.
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Snapshots of the super rich and the rest of us
June 22, 2012CEO pay at America's seven largest banks averaged 100 times the median U.S. household income in 1989 -- and over 500 times that median in 2007.
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The rich hurt you and me every day, new book reveals how
April 23, 201299 To 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking The World And What We Can Do About It, by Chuck Collins, helps readers gain a mastery over the practical politics of attacking inequality.
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Snapshots from the world of the wealthy
April 13, 2012Every spring, major media outlets start releasing annual reports on America's biggest income earners, and USA Today just helped kick off this year's surge.
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Mitt Romney running a seminar on inequality
January 27, 2012Should we all start praying for Mitt Romney? The GOP presidential hopeful from Bain Capital has become a walking, talking object lesson on how our plutocracy works - and why we desperately need to end it.
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