Sam Pizzigati

No one will ever run the 100-meter dash in less than five seconds. And no one, Brazil’s story suggests, will ever end poverty while ignoring grand fortune.

Billionaire banker Jamie Dimon says he’s fighting inequality. If we take him seriously, the joke — and much worse — will be on us.

Banks are squeezing consumers because the squeezing can really pay off — at the top.

We all know what happened in the City of Brotherly Love well over two centuries ago on July 4. Maybe we should also pay some attention to what happened two months later.