America’s Greediest: A 2008 Year-End Top Ten
Has any year ever showcased greed as dramatically as 2008? We sift through the avarice to bring you the highlights and lowlights — and a little hope for a less greedy 2009.
A CEO Pay Incentive to Build the Middle Class?
Senate opponents of an auto bailout are demanding that Big Three autoworkers give up what’s left of their middle class status. But a different bailout approach — keyed off CEO pay — could actually leave our middle class strengthened.
Nelson Rockefeller’s Deepest, Darkest Secret
In our staggeringly unequal times, the source of Rocky’s distress can offer the rest of us some welcome public policy inspiration.
Detroit’s ‘Underpaid’ Top Auto Execs
Automaker CEOs actually believe they’re getting the short end of Corporate America’s executive pay stick. Amazingly enough, they actually have a case — and the rest of us have a reason to demand a total overhaul of U.S. executive pay.
