A Biblical Case for Capping CEO Pay
A broad swatch of mainstream religious leaders, across the Atlantic, now want to see top executive compensation tied to a fixed multiple of what companies pay their lowest-paid workers.
A Democracy in Deep Disrepair
In contemporary American political life, only the rich can afford to be politically impatient. The big question: How long will the rest of us tolerate such a starkly unrepresentative status quo?
The 2009 Forbes 400: The What-Me-Worry Gang
An average American family would have to work thousands of years to amass a billion-dollar fortune. America’s super rich, the new data on our richest 400 make clear, can lose a billion and barely notice.
The Most Promising Push Yet for a Maximum Wage
Across the pond, in the UK, the idea of capping income is suddenly starting to make a respectable splash.
A New Profile of America’s ‘Top-Heaviest’ Year
In 2007, the year before the Great Recession began, America’s super rich partied — as never before. The evidence? We look at the year’s freshly crunched income numbers.
