Alternate Approaches
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.
Wading Outside the CEO Pay Reform Mainstream
To be effective, the lead executive pay reformer in Congress is now understanding, executive pay reform needs to go well beyond empowering shareholders.
Cap and Save
To rescue the global economy from reckless power suits, we just may need a ‘maximum wage.’ So say Australia’s top labor leaders and a daring cohort of MPs in the UK.
An Icy Oasis from the Great Meltdown
Norway has escaped the ravages brought on by the global financial collapse. What’s Norway’s magic formula? Share the wealth.
Can a Law End Economic Inequality?
A high-ranking British Labor Party leader has just opened a bold new campaign for legislation that would obligate government, at all levels, to close the “class divide.”
Can Bailouts Give CEOs an Incentive to Build the Middle Class?
Senate opponents of an auto bailout want autoworkers to 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.
The Key to Governing-from-the-Middle Success
To govern effectively for the middle of America’s economic ladder, the incoming Congress and Obama administration are going to have to take aim at the top.
An Environmental Take on the Financial Collapse
Who should foot the bailout bill? Those who created the mess on Wall Street? Or those who derived fabulous benefit from it? For messes environmental, we already have an answer to questions like these.
The Bailout Deal: The Rich Haven’t Won Yet
The architects of the $700 billion bailout agreement defeated in the House left some key details tantalizingly undefined.
Down from Filene’s Basement
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is trampling on the needs of average businesspeople — and the legacy of the progressive merchant who may well rate as America’s most innovative business thinker ever.
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