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Sam Pizzigati
Sam Pizzigati, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, has written widely on income and wealth concentration, with op-eds and articles in publications ranging from the New York Times to Le Monde Diplomatique. He co-edits Inequality.org Among his books: The Rich Don’t Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph over Plutocracy that Created the American Middle Class, 1900-1970 (Seven Stories Press). His latest book: The Case for a Maximum Wage (Polity). A veteran labor movement journalist, Pizzigati spent 20 years directing publishing at America’s largest union, the 3.2 million-member National Education Association.
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This spring has been an exceedingly good one for Flightline Aviation Limited, a London-based enterprise that specializes in helping the world’s deepest pockets find…
Once upon a time, back in the middle of the 20th century, the smallest theater on Broadway could have comfortably accommodated a…
Just what exactly happens when a society becomes substantially more unequal, when a few become fabulously richer than the many? Defenders of…
What makes an income tax “fair”? Right-wing lawmakers the nation over have a ready answer. To be fair, they tell us, an…
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How many people in India are going hungry? Researchers working on the Global Hunger Index are currently tracking 125 nations across the…