El Salvador Wins Dispute Over Denying a Mining Permit
The government of El Salvador won a long-running legal battle on Friday when an international arbitration panel ruled that it did not have to pay compensation to a mining company…
After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador
Coalition of Groups State “There Are No Winners,” Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy
The Best and Worst Presidents on Taxes
From Reagan to Roosevelt, tax fairness continues to fluctuate along with our elected leaders.
Free Trade’s Regulatory Chilling Effects
Under deals like the TPP, countries that might otherwise have curtailed corporate activities won’t do so, simply out of fear of being sued by multinational corporations.
Does John Stumpf Deserve To Keep His Job As Wells Fargo CEO?
When 5,300 bank branch employees open fake deposit accounts for customers in order to hit sales quotas set by upper management, who ultimately is responsible? The employees, for opening accounts…
Wells Fargo scandal shows need to fix performance pay loophole
The Wells Fargo scandal has reignited anger over Wall Street’s criminal activity and the havoc it has wreaked on ordinary Americans. That anger is all the more justified because the…
Help Spread the Word: #CanURetire
Help us spread the word about our latest report, “A Tale of Two Retirements: As Working Families Face Rising Retirement Insecurity, CEOs Enjoy Platinum Pensions.”
Wells Fargo CEO Should Pay Back All Scam-Inflated Pay
$154 million of Stumpf’s pay, subsidized by taxpayers, qualified for this write-off between 2012 and 2015.
Report: U.S. Taxpayers Subsidized $725 Million In Wall Street CEO Bonuses In The Last Four Years
Twenty leading U.S. banks collectively paid their top five executives $2 billion in tax-deductible bonuses between 2012 and 2015, according to a recent report examining Wall Street CEO pay. That…
Wells Fargo Crooks Stole From Customers, Reaped Obscene Rewards—and Stuck Us With the Bill
“The business model of Wall Street is fraud,” Bernie Sanders proclaimed repeatedly on the stump. Wall Street’s big banks seem intent on proving his case. Most recently, Wells Fargo—whose CEO,…
