Why Our Sky Sometimes Does Start Falling
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to demonstrate the link between inequality and catastrophic environmental change. But a little help from rocket scientists can certainly help.
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Taxes, the Rich, and Our Known Universe
Pundits and political scientists are always searching for that simple theory that'll explain just what makes our politics tick. Where should they be looking? How about in the eyes of...
Meet America’s Uber Wealthy ‘Double Rich’
Pundits usually have income in mind when they talk about the top 1 percent. And analysts sometimes rank our richest by wealth. But if we really want to understand privilege,...
Why Middle Class Tax Cuts Lead To Economic Growth
A middle class family will spend an extra dollar in the local economy and spur growth. A very wealthy family, instead of circulating an extra dollar in the local economy,...
Fast Fortunes: On the Diamond and Beyond
Baseball’s top hitter and Wall Street power suits both ply their trades in a high-speed world. That hitter will make over a quarter-billion in the next decade. The top suits...
A Better Yardstick for Measuring Inequality
We get what we measure. And if we measure inequality with a yardstick only policy wonks can decipher, we’ll end up with a society too confused about inequality to do much about it.
America’s Last Throwback to Plutocracy 1.0
Heiress Bunny Mellon didn't promise us a rose garden. She gave us one. We would have been better off with more equality instead. By Sam Pizzigati [caption id="attachment_6233" align="alignright" width="300"]...
A Third of a Trillion for Three Families
How concentrated has America’s wealth become? In the not-so-distant future, if current trends continue, a mere handful of Americans will together hold over $1 trillion in wealth. By Bob Lord...
Whose Water? Ours! How to End California’s Water Crisis
The California Constitution says that the water belongs to the people. In reality, agriculture gets most of the water, free or near-free. It’s sounding again like the drought of 1976-77:...
Can a Great City Overdose on Billionaires?
The chase after the global super rich is leaving the world's choicest cities nastier places to live for anyone without a grand fortune. By Sam Pizzigati [caption id="attachment_6213" align="alignright" width="300"]...
A Thought for the Web’s Silver Anniversary
Let's learn from our not-so-distant past and share the gold. New technologies don't have to bring us new inequalities. By Sam Pizzigati [caption id="attachment_6196" align="alignright" width="300"] A quarter-century ago, Tim...