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.
Articles by Sam Pizzigati
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.
Teachers Shouldn’t Have to Panhandle for School Supplies
August 30, 2017 | Giant retailers are conniving to tighten the squeeze on local public school budgets.
Companies Can Either Make Things or Make CEOs Rich
June 21, 2017 | Making breakthroughs for consumers is hard, companies have found. But making fortunes for CEOs is easy.
Remembering the Insider Who Blew the Whistle on Corporate Greed
April 26, 2017 | Graef Crystal proved that corporations won't police themselves. Maybe good policies can.
The History of Taxes, in One Mega-Rich Family
March 29, 2017 | Yes, we can slim the rich down to size. Unfortunately, they can also grow back.