Sam Pizzigati

The SEC finally moves, ever so slightly, against wagers that reward CEOs when their companies fail.

Good things trickle down from the top, cheerleaders for privilege insist, when wealth concentrates. In real life, suggests economist Robert Frank, inequality makes things worse even for its ostensible beneficiaries.

Can we trust Oxfam’s latest numbers on global inequality? Critics don't think we should. But their pushback is getting pushback aplenty.

To save our democracy, a major new report on our grand divide never gets around to recognizing, we need to contemplate our plutocracy.