Sam Pizzigati

Flacks for grand fortune would like us to believe the rich are performing a public service every time they go shopping. Our wallets tell a different story.

America’s affluent are misreporting their incomes big-time — and annually costing the federal treasury hundreds of billions in the process.

Our hedge fund kingpins are celebrating another year of super earnings — with more crumbs for the victims of the political choices that have made the hedgies so rich.

Can we conquer disease without concentrating wealth in a precious few pockets? Not-so-distant history offers a clear and encouraging answer.