A veteran labor journalist, Sam Pizzigati has written widely on economic inequality, in articles, books, and online, for both popular and scholarly readers. Currently an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank in Washington, D.C., Pizzigati has been editing Too Much ever since the publication’s 1995 debut. His op-eds and [...]

A Profile: Too Much Editor Sam Pizzigati is a post on Too Much

A string of surprising 'say on pay' votes has some executive pay critics sensing an impending revolution in corporate boardrooms. But that 'revolution' won't amount to much until mainstream CEO pay reformers start factoring worker pay into the corporate compensation equation. Read more . . .

Will CEOs Outlast Our ‘Shareholder Spring’? is a post on Too Much

Are America's rich getting too defensive about their good fortune? . . . A corporate risk-taker who would rather not take any risk -- with his own future . . . Serving the mega-millionaire couch potato market.

Greed at a Glance is a post on Too Much

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, a fierce foe of tighter federal banking regs, acknowledged last week that “bad judgment” has just cost his bank $2 billion in trading losses. Dimon made $23.1 million in 2011. He’d have to work the next 86 years for free to save his bank that lost $2 billion.

Stat of the Week is a post on Too Much

"A single mother holding down a job and putting herself through community college works just as hard as any hedge fund manager." William Deresiewicz, Fables of Wealth, New York Times, May 13, 2012

Quote of the Week is a post on Too Much

From Manhattan to Monaco, the world's super rich are fashioning themselves into a new global tribe of footloose and stateless. The rest of us get to gawk — and foot the ultimate bill . . . The billionaires' ball . . . Behind the mew French tax-the-rich push.

May 7, 2012 Too Much Weekly: Wealthy People, Unite! is a post on Too Much

Top media outlets and business researchers annually release compensation surveys that detail executive pay levels over the preceding year. These surveys seldom sample the same corporations — or measure pay the exact same way — and, consequently, almost always generate somewhat different results. We sum up the latest top national and regional survey results here.

Executive Pay Scorecard is a post on Too Much

From Manhattan to Monaco, the world's super rich are fashioning themselves into a new global tribe of footloose and stateless. The rest of us get to gawk — and foot the ultimate bill.

Wealthy of the World, Unite — and Party! is a post on Too Much

Bits and bytes would be doing a lot more to help make our lives less nasty, brutish, and short if we shared wealth as routinely as bandwidth. From San Francisco, a new lesson in that reality . . . Why rising productivity in the United States has sparked so few celebrations . . . Taxing the poor!

April 30, 2012 Too Much Weekly: Our Unequal Gadgetopia is a post on Too Much

Bits and bytes would be doing a lot more to help make our lives less nasty, brutish, and short if we shared wealth as routinely as bandwidth. From San Francisco, a new lesson in that reality.

Gadgetopia: Chasing After an Elusive Dream is a post on Too Much

Over two years ago, the IRS announced an ambitious new effort to subject the super rich to unprecedentedly intensive audits. How's that effort working out? Most lawmakers would rather you not ask . . . Executive PayWatch 2012 . . . CEO pay as a multiple of worker pay in the United States.

April 23, 2012 Too Much Weekly: Plutocratic Power is a post on Too Much

This table compares the various national, regional, and industry-wide pay reports released in 2009 on CEO pay for 2008.

Executive Pay Scorecard for 2008 is a post on Too Much

This compilation of annual national, regional, and industry-wide corporate executive pay reports covers compensation collected in 2010.

Executive Pay Scorecard for 2010 is a post on Too Much

Every spring, top U.S. media outlets and business research organizations release compensation surveys that detail executive pay levels over the preceding year. These surveys seldom sample the same corporations — or measure pay the exact same way — and, consequently, almost always generate somewhat different results. This Too Much table compares the various reports released in 2010 on CEO pay for 2009.

Executive Pay Scorecard for 2009 is a post on Too Much

Over two years ago, the IRS announced an ambitious new effort to subject the super rich to unprecedentedly intensive audits. How's that effort working out? Most lawmakers would rather you not ask. Read more . . .

So Much Tax Evasion, So Little Accountability is a post on Too Much

Even rich people sooner or later have to drive over bridges. So why aren't the wealthy screaming about America's inadequate — and increasingly unsafe — basic infrastructure? . . . How progressive is our tax system? . . . Bank of America's petulant CEO.

April 16, 2012 Too Much Weekly: Inequality and Infrastructure is a post on Too Much

Even rich people sooner or later have to drive over bridges. So why aren't the wealthy screaming about America's inadequate — and increasingly unsafe — basic infrastructure?

The Pothole in Our National Political Psyche is a post on Too Much

At what point will our world wake up to the fantastically rewarding scam that our hedge fund masters of the universe have been running? . . . Chasing down the right's top tax lie, again . . . Alan Mulally and his Ford Motor millions.

April 9, 2012 Too Much Weekly: Hedge Fund Windfalls is a post on Too Much

At what point will our world wake up to the fantastically rewarding scam that our hedge fund masters of the universe have been running?

In a Crackpot Economy, Endless Jackpots is a post on Too Much

Behind last week’s record-smashing $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a global economy that’s enriching only the world’s super rich . . . Reviewing 99 to 1, a great new primer for the Occupy spring.

April 2, 2012 Too Much Weekly: A New Occupy Primer is a post on Too Much