Meet the Greediest Women of 2013
December 18, 2013 | The exploits of Angela Spaccia and Dylan Lauren tell us quite a bit about our despicably unequal times.
Articles by Sam Pizzigati
Equality Lets the Good Times Roll
December 11, 2013 | Wide income gaps may be the ultimate party pooper.
Thou Shalt Not Tolerate Inequality
December 4, 2013 | By rejecting a "deified Market," Pope Francis is protecting our societies — and souls.
The Retirement Deficit
November 27, 2013 | Many of America's CEOs don't think we're "entitled" to a secure retirement.
The Swiss Take Aim at Executive Excess
November 19, 2013 | Can maximum pay laws rein in runaway CEO pay?
Taking Stock of the Most Affluent Among Us
November 13, 2013 | The richest Americans are raking in about 1,000 times as much money as the bottom 90 percent, not counting their secret stashes.
Heartless for the Holidays
November 6, 2013 | Why do rich and powerful people engage in callous behavior?
Where Are the Celebrations for Corporate America’s $100-Million Paychecks?
October 30, 2013 | America's CEOs appear deathly afraid that their gravy train may soon derail.
How to Steer Our Rolls-Royce World onto a Smoother Road
October 23, 2013 | No child anywhere needs to grow up — and suffer — in extreme poverty.
Worse than Watergate
October 16, 2013 | A new Supreme Court campaign finance case could unleash unprecedented political corruption.
Subsidizing Economic Inequality
October 9, 2013 | The push to privatize the public sector through contracting out is expanding our economic divide.
When Citizens Shocked Plutocrats
October 2, 2013 | America's super-rich once felt sure their incomes would never be taxed.
A Golden Rule that Might Chip Away at Inequality
September 25, 2013 | By making it mandatory for corporations to disclose the gap between what they pay their chief executives and most typical workers, the government will empower investors and consumers to compare individual corporations by their level of CEO greed.
Going Full Circle Back to the Heyday of Inequality
September 18, 2013 | America has returned to the same kind of deep economic divide that ushered in the 1930s Great Depression.
Danger Ahead: Our Disappearing Pensions
September 11, 2013 | The vaunted 401(k) revolution has left few Americans with a nest egg.