http://toomuchonline.org Dedicated to the notion that our world would be considerably more caring, prosperous, and democratic if we narrowed the vast gap that divides our wealthy from everyone else. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://toomuchonline.org/census-time-for-billionaires/ http://toomuchonline.org/census-time-for-billionaires/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:05:20 +0000 Sam http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1245 Forbes magazine count, total just over 1,000 — and hold more wealth than half of humanity.]]> http://toomuchonline.org/census-time-for-billionaires/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/quote-of-the-week/ http://toomuchonline.org/quote-of-the-week/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:08:46 +0000 admin http://zeitgeistagency.com/library/TooMuch/quote-of-the-week/ Gordon Campbell, What about a maximum wage?, The Wellingtonian (New Zealand), March 11, 2010 John Cavanagh, director, Institute for Policy Studies, on eve of March 9 Washington, D.C. protest by about 100 national leaders against the health insurance industry , March 8, 2010 ]]> http://toomuchonline.org/quote-of-the-week/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/for-a-living-wage-america-cap-the-top/ http://toomuchonline.org/for-a-living-wage-america-cap-the-top/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:54:40 +0000 Sam http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1215 The White House wants to require firms that do business with the government to pay decent wages. That could work — if we go after all pay that's indecent. Read more . . . ]]> http://toomuchonline.org/for-a-living-wage-america-cap-the-top/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/stat-of-the-week/ http://toomuchonline.org/stat-of-the-week/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:16:46 +0000 admin http://zeitgeistagency.com/library/TooMuch/?p=55 cautions the Wall Street Journal. The figures now getting released value stock awards at the time of their grant. Actual rewards can run far higher. One example: Occidental Petroleum CEO Ray Irani took “expected pay” for 2008 originally valued at $58.3 million. His actual “realized” pay for the year: $222.6 million.]]> http://toomuchonline.org/stat-of-the-week/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/greed-at-a-glance/ http://toomuchonline.org/greed-at-a-glance/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:00:16 +0000 admin http://zeitgeistagency.com/library/TooMuch/?p=57 http://toomuchonline.org/greed-at-a-glance/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/march-1-2010-to-much-weekly-wall-streets-protection-racket/ http://toomuchonline.org/march-1-2010-to-much-weekly-wall-streets-protection-racket/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:03:01 +0000 Sam http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1223 http://toomuchonline.org/march-1-2010-to-much-weekly-wall-streets-protection-racket/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/rush-limbaugh-listen-to-your-brain/ http://toomuchonline.org/rush-limbaugh-listen-to-your-brain/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:54:21 +0000 Sam http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1177 Neural evidence for inequality-averse social preferences, in the February 25, 2010 issue of the British scientific journal Nature.]]> http://toomuchonline.org/rush-limbaugh-listen-to-your-brain/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/wall-streets-protection-racket-still-rolling/ http://toomuchonline.org/wall-streets-protection-racket-still-rolling/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:10:33 +0000 Sam http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1163 To really reform big bank behavior, we need to scuttle the pay system that 'entitles' Wall Streeters to however much loot they can grab. Read more . . . ]]> http://toomuchonline.org/wall-streets-protection-racket-still-rolling/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/feb-22-2010-too-much-weekly-our-top-400/ http://toomuchonline.org/feb-22-2010-too-much-weekly-our-top-400/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:26:38 +0000 Sam http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1172 http://toomuchonline.org/feb-22-2010-too-much-weekly-our-top-400/feed/ 0 http://toomuchonline.org/did-the-founders-want-government-small/ http://toomuchonline.org/did-the-founders-want-government-small/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:40:46 +0000 Sam http://toomuchonline.org/?p=1128 Securing the Fruits of Labor: The American Concept of Wealth Distribution 1765-1900 by James Huston.]]> http://toomuchonline.org/did-the-founders-want-government-small/feed/ 0