At Davos 2010, Tough Talk on Greed

Labor leaders at last week’s Alpine assembling of global bankers and CEOs came with a simple pledge: We’re going to fight to cap your pay.

Wall Street’s Bonus Binge in Perspective

A relative handful of Americans, a key congressional panel forecasts, will take home more this year than half the nation’s taxpayers combined.

Wall Street's Favorite Meltdown Myth Bites the Dust

But Wall Street’s mainstream critics still can’t bring themselves to challenge the top executive ‘right’ to reap enormous riches.

The Pay Czar's Pay Cut Ruling: The Hype, the Hoax

The White House pay czar isn’t reforming Wall Street. He’s cutting deals with it. We need to understand the difference.

Banker Bonus Bingo: Every Card's a Winner

Can excess on Wall Street ever be ended? Maybe. Some lawmakers in France have a plan that could end it.

Watch Out Wall Street, Here Come the Dutch!

All the big banks in the Netherlands, pressed on by the Dutch finance minister, have agreed on a serious plan to restrain banker bonuses. And now the Dutch want the rest of the world to sign on.

The Executive Pay Bubble: A New Appraisal

Top execs in high finance, says the Institute for Policy Studies, have turned hard times — for the American people — into a springboard for still another round of unconscionably huge pay windfalls.

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.

Making Wall Street Safe for Windfalls

Remember that $500,000 pay cap for bailed-out banking executives the White House announced back in February? Under Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s new rules for bailout pay, that maximum has become a minimum.