Sam Pizzigati: Satisfaction and Smiles in an Unequal World
If President Obama played basketball with the king of Bhutan, would the world have a better shot at becoming a happier place?
Articles on Inequality and Societal impacts
Sam Pizzigati: From a Sloppy Spreadsheet, an Eternal Truth
The lesson of the Reinhart-Rogoff affair: If we let wealth continue to concentrate — and corrupt our societies — we’ll all end up crying ‘96 tears.’
Sam Pizzigati: Not the Picture Picasso Would Have Painted
A colossal gift from a fabulously rich patron of the arts has the museum world buzzing. But hold the hosannahs. The rich aren’t saving us.
Sam Pizzigati: Brazil and the United States: A Shrinking Gap
Luxury fortresses. Armored cars. Helicopter commutes. The abominably unequal ‘good life’ may be closer than you think.
Our Residential Future: Segregation Forever?
Rising inequality, newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau make plain, has left America’s metropolitan areas considerably less mixed by income. Today’s affluent appear much less likely to live in multi-income neighborhoods than they did a generation ago.
Sam Pizzigati: Why Some No Longer Sing the Beltway Blues
How do unequal societies solve the problems — like traffic congestion — that make us miserable? They come up with solutions that make life easier for rich people.
Presenting America’s Top Ten Greediest of 2012
The Institute for Policy Studies weekly on excess and inequality has released its fifth annual list of America’s most avaricious. Their stories remind us just how much needs to change, economically and politically, for the United States to become a more equal society in the year that beckons ahead.
Sam Pizzigati: Election 2012 and Our Sensible Super Rich
Take all that post-election commentary about foolish billionaires and wasted millions in political contributions with a grain of salt. Our billionaires don’t have to actually win on Election Day to get their way.
Sam Pizzigati: Teacher Bashing: The Inequality Psychology
In any society where wealth and income concentrate at the top, the affluent will almost always come to sneer at public services and the men and women who provide them.
Sam Pizzigati: Online Education’s Lucrative New Bottom Line
Corporate execs and billionaire ideologues are creating — at taxpayer expense — a network of schools where learning takes a back seat.