Mapping Global Wealth

Despite our global economic hard times, the world has more than enough wealth to ensure every adult on the planet a significant nest egg. This heartening news comes from the Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse. Its first-ever Global Wealth Report crunches data for over...

Reaching the Boiling Point

President Barack Obama recently announced plans to modernize our crumbling roads, rails, and airports while providing jobs for the construction industry. While we certainly need to fix our nation’s transportation infrastructure, another crucial set of systems in...

I’m a Genetic Lottery Winner–Tax Me!

I am one of those lucky Americans who won the genetic lottery. That is, I was born rich. And believe it or not, my family’s business success happened because of–not in spite of–our country’s progressive tax system. My great-grandfather, William...
Public TV? It Would Be a Good Idea

Public TV? It Would Be a Good Idea

Asked by a reporter what he thought of Western civilization, Mahatma Gandhi supposedly replied, “I think it would be a good idea.” The same could be said about U.S. public television. Public TV was created 40 years ago because the public understood that...
Who Cleans the Windows of Glass Houses?

Who Cleans the Windows of Glass Houses?

Et tu, Lou? It turns out that Lou Dobbs has employed undocumented workers to toil on his estates and tend to his family’s numerous horses. According to a recent investigative report in The Nation, the poster boy for the anti-immigrant crowd said he was told the...