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“Watchdog Or Lapdog”: Big Corporations And Wall Street Still Hiding CEO Pay...
Corporations are obligated to disclose how much their CEOs earn compared to the average worker, thanks to Section 953(b) of the financial reforms of 2010 known as Dodd-Frank. However, three years after...
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“Don’t Buy It”: The “Paid-What-You’re-Worth” Myth
It’s often assumed that people are paid what they’re worth. According to this logic, minimum wage workers aren’t worth more than the $7.25 an hour they now receive. If they were worth more, they’d earn...
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“And Americans Get The Bill”: The Pay’s The Thing; How America’s CEOs Are...
It’s proxy season again, and we will soon be deluged with news profiles of CEOs living in high style as our ongoing debate on CEO pay ramps up. Last week, the floodgates opened when the New York Times...
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“The Entitlement Of The Very Rich”: Gutting Social Security And Medicare Far...
The very rich don’t think very highly of the rest of us. This fact is driven home to us through fluke events, like the taping of Mitt Romney’s famous 47 percent comment, in which he trashed the people...
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“Chief Tax-Dodging Officers”: It’s Gotten Pretty Easy For Large Corporations...
Republican and Democratic leaders don’t often see eye to eye on taxes. But surprisingly, corporate tax reform looks like one area where there might actually be some potential for bipartisan action in...
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“American Society’s Real Moochers; CEOs”: It’s Not The Working Poor Who...
Holiday bells are silent in the homes of America’s struggling working poor, even with gasoline prices at their lowest levels in years. These are people derided as moochers because their starvation...
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“Keeping Their Eyes On The Prize”: Democrats’ No. 1 Job; Remind Voters That...
For the moment, the Democrats have resumed their time-honored posture of arguing about trade policy. It’s an important issue, and one on which I’m not sure where I come down. But as they prepare to rip...
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“Getting The Sports Moguls Off Our Backs”: The Subsidy-Bloated Profits...
It was not out of a sense of decency that the National Football League recently let go of its tax-exempt status. You see, as a tax-exempt organization, the NFL had to disclose Commissioner Roger...
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“A Sad Window Into Our Political Dysfunction”: 3 Peerless Republicans For...
The leading contenders for the Republican nomination for president tell us three interesting things about America. First, many G.O.P. voters are so disenchanted they’re willing to entrust the country...
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