If Your Boss Makes Millions, It’s Not Because of the ‘Market’
August 22, 2018 | On average, America's CEOs make 312 times what their workers take home — and that has nothing to do with supply and demand.
Articles by Sam Pizzigati
Corporate Wage Theft Is on the Rise
June 27, 2018 | Executives have a powerful incentive to cheat their workers: to pad their own exorbitant paychecks.
Three Cheers for a Frugal Brooklyn Legal Secretary
May 30, 2018 | But those life-affirming tales of modest multi-millionaires can reinforce a troubling message.
What ‘Toys R Us’ Teaches Us About Taxes
April 25, 2018 | The toy retailer flourished when taxes were high. Greedy investors, not taxes, brought down the iconic store.
Billionaires Won’t Save the World — Just Look at Elon Musk
March 21, 2018 | The "playboy genius" is essentially squandering taxpayer money on pet projects like Mars trips and flamethrowers.
Do the Poor Deserve Health Care? These Politicians Say No.
January 24, 2018 | Billionaire-backed politicians are turning Kentucky's health care miracle into a tragedy.
If You Want to Collect Social Security, Trump’s Tax Plan Is an Outrage
October 25, 2017 | You probably pay about four times more of your income to Social Security than millionaires, who want to cut their taxes and your benefits.
We Get Sick, They Get Rich
September 27, 2017 | Americans need more bargaining power against health care corporations. A new bill could give it to them.