The Alchemy of Our Awesomely Affluent
Today's super rich can't turn tin into gold. But they can get Uncle Sam to loan them free money. At the expense, of course, of America's bottom 99 percent. How...
Sam Pizzigati
The Top 1 Percent and a Generous Uncle Sam
A conservative U.S. senator has released a new study on federal giveaways to America's rich. Our plutocrats won't like it. But the indictment actually misses the biggest handout of them...
Rags to Riches: Who Should Really Care?
Not the 99 percent. We've let the cheerleaders for the richest among us get away with myths about mobility for much, much too long. Mobility, apologists for America's grand fortunes...
Do We Need ‘Student Loans’ for Billionaires?
Students of modest means must pay a stiff price to build their capacity to contribute to society — and pay interest if they can't afford that price. A wealth tax...