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Sam Pizzigati – When the Wealthy Perish at Sea We Mourn, But When the Poorest Perish We Yawn

September 1, 2024 Mathew D. Rose 0

3,000 deaths of migrants made barely a ripple in most of the world’s major news media. But this summer one single tragedy on the Mediterranean has been making globs of global headlines Sam Pizzigati writes […]

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Inequality

Sam Pizzigati – A Practical Prescription for Taxing Our World’s Richest

July 3, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Brazil appears to be genuinely interested in a global billionaire tax, but it won’t work unless the global north – where most billionaires are – come on board. Sam Pizzigati writes on inequality for the […]

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Finance

Sam Pizzigati – Norway Isn’t Bowing to Threats of Capital Flight

June 12, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Norway has introduced an ‘exit-tax’ to hit super-rich exiles seeking to avoid the country’s wealth tax. Sam Pizzigati, veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow, edits Inequality.org. His recent books include: The […]

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Sam Pizzigati – Could the UN Actually Lead a Charge to Tax the World’s Rich?

May 14, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Under a new international tax order., the UK-based Tax Justice Network points out, control over global tax rules could end up shifting from the OECD — the “small club of rich countries” where that control […]

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Finance

Sam Pizzigati – The Well-Heeled and Our Personal Well-Being

May 8, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Psychologists have found that more unequal societies are more accepting of unethical behaviour. Sam Pizzigati writes on inequality for the Institute for Policy Studies. His latest book: The Case for a Maximum Wage (Polity). Cross-posted from Counterpunch Just what […]

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Economics

Sam Pizzigati – The World Bank Needs Better Metrics to Understand Inequality

August 3, 2023 Mathew D. Rose 1

The bank is pushing a statistical notion of “shared prosperity” that, as one expert puts it, “leaves the rich out of the equation!” Sam Pizzigati, veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow, […]

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Inequality

Sam Pizzigati: A down year for our deepest pockets?

January 23, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The billionaire class lost wealth in 2022 but it didn’t put a dent in their luxury spending. More money for billionaires doesn’t buy them more things, it buys them more political power. Sam Pizzigati writes on […]

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Economics

Sam Pizzigati – Tax the Wealthy At Least 75%, Says Oxfam. Do It Now

January 19, 2023 Mathew D. Rose 0

The billionaires and their invited guests at Davos will pay this international call no mind, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. After all, we’ve done it before. Sam Pizzigati writes on inequality for […]

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Climate Crisis

Sam Pizzigati – Can We Talk Sensibly about Inequality and Ignore the Rich?

December 17, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 1

Not if we want to see a safe, decent, and sustainable future, say UN researchers Sam Pizzigati writes on inequality for the Institute for Policy Studies Cross-posted from Inequality Org Some conflicts we can see—and […]

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Finance

Sam Pizzigati – Tax the Rich? We Did That Once

December 6, 2022 David Shirreff 0

In the early 1960s, America’s richest faced a 91 percent tax rate on income in the top tax bracket. The current top-bracket rate: 37 percent. Sam Pizzigati writes on inequality for the Institute for Policy […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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