Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government
The super-rich have stashed more than $1 trillion overseas. Bringing it home would help restore poor communities.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
How US Tax Policy Encourages Outrageous CEO Compensation How US Tax Policy Encourages Outrageous CEO Compensation
This loophole will cost the federal treasury an estimated $50 billion over the next decade.
Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
Swiss Activists: Let’s Cap CEO Pay Swiss Activists: Let’s Cap CEO Pay
An initiative to do just that failed at the ballot box, but gave us all some welcome inspiration.
Dec 2, 2013 / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes
By manipulating offshore havens, bogus bailouts and other loopholes, US corporations have gotten their tax rates down to a forty-year low.
Apr 16, 2012 / Sarah Anderson and Scott Klinger
The Costs of Wall Street Greed The Costs of Wall Street Greed
The 99 percent have been footing the bill for too long. It’s time for the financial industry to pick up its own tab.
Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Sarah Anderson
Cut Wall Street Down to Size With a Financial Speculation Tax Cut Wall Street Down to Size With a Financial Speculation Tax
A tax on the rapid-fire trades that dominate financial markets would discourage reckless behavior and raise serious funds for public use.
Jun 8, 2011 / Feature / Sarah Anderson
Remember the Real Villain–Wall Street Remember the Real Villain–Wall Street
In confusing times like these, it's important to keep the story straight.
Sep 9, 2009 / Editorial / Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh
Pay-Cap Populism Pay-Cap Populism
Excessive executive pay endangers our public well-being as surely as any pollutants. Obama's $500,000 pay cap is just a start at fixing the problem.
Feb 12, 2009 / Editorial / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program
Our forebears struggled to survive in a world dominated by the superrich. Now it's our turn.
Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
Ten Reasons Why the Wal-Mart Pundits Are Wrong Ten Reasons Why the Wal-Mart Pundits Are Wrong
The conventional wisdom that Wal-Mart is good for American business and good for consumers just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
Sep 29, 2006 / Feature / Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh