By Nick Hanauer “If you’re in the American middle class—or what’s left of it—here’s how you probably feel. You feel like you’re struggling harder than your parents did, working longer hours than ever before, and yet falling further and further…

By Les Leopold “Runaway inequality is destroying the American Dream. Is it too late to save it? That depends on what is really driving inequality. In the 1960s the gap between CEOs and the average worker was 20 to 1….

By Jesse Eisinger “The anger of the investing class has curdled into paranoia. Paul Singer, the head of the $25 billion hedge fund Elliott Management, had an Edvard Munch moment in his most recent letter to his investors.”… [Click HERE to read the…

By Brian Callaci “We depend on the research and development efforts of pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments for the most dangerous diseases on the planet, but the largest of those companies appear more interested in financial engineering than creating lifesaving…

By John Menadue “In August this year the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Glen Stevens, told a Parliamentary hearing that Australian companies were being ‘too risk averse’ by focusing on sustaining a flow of dividends and returning capital…

By Roberto Marchesi “Il termine “attivista” si riferisce in genere a qualcuno che svolge qualche attività politica o sociale con un impegno maggiore a quello usato normalmente dagli altri. Il vocabolario Zingarelli lo definisce come un “Militante di base che partecipa…

By Steve Denning “Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs,” Hillary Clinton said last week in Boston. “You know that old theory, trickle-down economics. That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed…

By Tim Worstall “Carl Icahn’s idea that Apple should buy back even more of its own stock is coming under fire from certain quarters. The insistence being that instead of just returning those profits to shareholders the company should instead be investing in…