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Dedicated to the notion that our world would be considerably more caring, prosperous, and democratic if we narrowed the vast gap that divides our wealthy from everyone else. |
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- For the World's Most Fortunate, A Setback Most Slight
- The global economic collapse, says the first in-depth survey of grand fortune since last September's great meltdown, has left the world's wealth just as intensely concentrated as ever. We explore the new stats.
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- Rationalizing for the Really Rich: Cakewalk No More
- In today's down economy, apologists for the awesomely affluent are having to dig deep for inspiration. In the process, they're getting dirty and looking dopey. We have more on the latest antics of grand fortune's defenders.
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- The New Bailout Pay Rules: Making Wall Street Safe for Windfalls
- Remember that $500,000 pay cap for bailed-out banking execs the White House announced back in February? Under Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's new rules for bailout pay, that max has become a minimum. The story.
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- 'Cap and Save': The Growing Drumbeat for Pay Limits at the Top
- To rescue the global economy from reckless power suits, we just may need a “maximum wage.” So say Australia’s top national labor leaders and a daring cohort of MPs in the UK. We have the details.
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| Stat
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The gap between the average pay of America's top 100 CEOs and the pay of the average American worker stood at 45 to 1 in 1970, notes Labor Institute director Les Leopold. In 2006, the pay gap between top 100 chief execs and average workers registered in at a stunning 1,723 to 1. |
Quote
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“Income disparity at current levels is a political time-bomb that needs to be dealt with.”
Ben Funnell, asset manager, GLG Partners, Debt is capitalism’s dirty little secret, Financial Times, June 30, 2009 |
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