| Aug 22, 2018 | Economy / BusinessBack in 1999, no executive personified the soaring pay packages of America’s CEOs more than Jack Welch at General Electric. Welch took home $75 million that year. Welch credited that exorbitant salary not to his own genius, but to the genius of the free market....
| Aug 15, 2018 | Economy / BusinessIt was once the biggest toy company in the world. But Toys ‘R’ Us turned off the lights in its remaining stores for the last time this summer, becoming the most recent casualty of Wall Street greed. As Toys ‘R’ Us first began its descent into bankruptcy and...
| Aug 5, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThere was a time when the wealthiest among us were content simply to go sailing on a Sunday afternoon, sipping their vintage Chardonnay and munching on roe-covered canapés. For the most part, they left the rest of us pretty much alone to pursue our own American...
| Jun 27, 2018 | Economy / BusinessThe health of our American economy ultimately rests on a single, simple word: trust. Employers on the one side and employees on the other have to be able to trust each other to behave honorably. A fair day’s wage, as the classic formulation puts it, for a fair day’s...
| May 23, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyMattel is one of the largest toy-making companies on earth. Turns out it’s one of the biggest manufacturers of income inequality, too. Last year, the Barbie doll manufacturer paid its CEO nearly 5,000 times as much as its median worker. This stunning revelation...
