Sam Pizzigati - Dollars & Sense

The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis

Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.

Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray Sep 1, 2026

Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future

Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.

Bill Barclay Aug 29, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Latest Job Calamity—Mostly Home-Made

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 26, 2026

Sam Pizzigati is a labor journalist and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, in Washington, D.C. He edits Too Much (www.toomuchonline.org), an online weekly on excess and inequalit

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Issue 285

Have the Rich Won?

Maybe not. A new approach to capping income at the top is starting to gain momentum.

Sam Pizzigati Nov 1, 2009