Tag: CEOs
How CEOs behave like closet socialists
To deal with the many challenges we face today, the democratic principle must be extended from the political realm to the economic.
CEOs promise to protect us from… CEOs?
Nearly 200 CEOs signed a letter admitting businesses have behaved badly but offering zero promises to do better.
Can business put people before profits?
Gordon Gekko found religion last week. Gekko, the lead in the 1987 movie “Wall Street” about capitalism gone corruptly amok, is most...
‘This is not sustainable:’ Analysis shows massive gap between CEO and...
Compensation for CEOs is growing at double the pace of ordinary workers'.
Why do corporate boards so overpay US CEOs?
Corporate boards simply play by market rules. If they don’t, they risk losing their executive talent.
Why CEOs are turning on Trump
What’s been moving them to action is they don’t like the effects of the hatefulness on business.
There’s no good reason for your boss to make 347 times...
Unlike movie stars and athletes, skyrocketing pay for CEOs has nothing to do with markets.
Companies can either make things or make CEOs rich
Making breakthroughs for consumers is hard, companies have found. But making fortunes for CEOs is easy.
CEOs now make 300 times more than their workers. This city...
Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren’t waiting for a federal fix.
The charities making inequality worse
A growing number of executives at America’s ‘do-good’ nonprofits are doing much too good – for themselves – at paycheck time.
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Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds
The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors
KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year
In a Country That Needs Heroes, Here Are a Few Standouts This Election Season
“Right now, the United States is unhappy enough to need a lot of heroes.”
515 donors gave $4.2 billion to 2026 super PACs, Public Citizen finds
Elon Musk alone gave $445 million, about 10% of the total, according to the group's analysis of FEC data through late October.
Rape as a Tool of Empire: Cornell, Palestine, and the Silence of Western Feminists
“In both cases, their perpetrators and assailants can leave the crime scene unscathed, with their hands clean.”