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Tag Archives: CEOs
PG&E: Monopoly Power and Disasters by the Rich 1%
By Peter Phillips and Tim Ogburn Source: Project Censored The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has diverted over $100 million from safety and maintenance programs to executive compensation at the same time it has caused an average of more … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, news, Oligarchy, society
Tagged 1%, Big Oil, CEOs, Corporate Crime, Economics, elites, Fossil Fuels, Oligarchy, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E, Transnational Capitalism, wildfires
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The 5-Step CEO pay scam
Grossly widening inequalities of income and wealth cannot be separated from grossly widening inequalities of political power in America. This corruption must end. By Robert Reich Source: Nation of Change Average CEO pay at big corporations topped 14.5 million dollars in … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Labor, Law, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged CEO Pay, CEOs, Corporate Tax Cuts, Corporate Welfare, Economics, Income Inequality, Oligarchy, Pay Gap, Plutocracy, political corruption, stock buybacks, Wealth Disparity
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Happy ThanksGetting Day. Poverty and Social Inequality in America
By Philip A Farruggio Source: Global Research Yes, we need to finally absolve ourselves, as Amerikans, from the con job concerning Thanksgiving Day. All the ‘pomp and circumstance’ revolving around this holiday is just that, to quote Ebenezer Scrooge (one … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged capitalism, CEOs, Corporate Crime, Corporate Greed, economic inequality, Economics, elites, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty, Thanksgiving
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Why Are There So Many Psychopaths in Positions of Power?
By Anna LeMind Source: Waking Times A 2010 study that examined a sample of 203 individuals from different companies’ management development programs revealed something interesting. It was found that about 3% of business managers scored in the psychopath range while … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Economics, Psychology, Science, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, CEOs, Corporate Criminals, Corporate Elites, culture, Election 2016, Emotion, Emotional Intelligence, intelligence, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Political Power, Politicans, Presidential Elections, psychopaths, Psychopathy, Ruling Class, social control, sociopaths
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