The Wealth Monopoly
Until relatively recently, the ethical standard was for workers to gain a proportionate share of the income growth we generate, but now we have a “wealth monopoly.” I … Read more
Until relatively recently, the ethical standard was for workers to gain a proportionate share of the income growth we generate, but now we have a “wealth monopoly.” I … Read more
“Superrichinoids” have an irrational, insatiable desire to accumulate boundless personal wealth, making them the weirdest species of all. I love nature shows on TV. They take you into … Read more
That repugnant corporate gang of Big Oil has kept a royalty fee exemption since 1995, even though it was meant to be temporary. When you’re undergoing a dental … Read more
Trump is running a kakistocracy that can’t do anything right, and that includes farm policy. Government by the rich is called plutocracy. Government by police power is autocracy. … Read more
Is fixing inequality even possible? When Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policies and programs to address fixing inequality, establishment … Read more
The old merger mania model of self-enrichment through corporate takeover, consolidation and contraction turns out to be not just bad morals but bad business. Here’s a recipe for … Read more
“America’s Grocer” arbitrarily ejected local news publications from their stores — what gives? Do you shop at a Kroger supermarket? Or maybe at Ralphs, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, … Read more
Multinational corporations have been quietly colluding with legislators and governors to suppress the right to protest. As British playwright and political rabble-rouser George Bernard Shaw noted, “You don’t … Read more
For millions of people around the globe, the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! For millions of people around the globe — … Read more
Forgive me for not believing for a moment that there’s one iota of sincerity in this sudden assertion of egalitarian sentiment by today’s plutocrats. Ralph Waldo Emerson once … Read more