Can extreme wealth have toxic effects throughout society?
Report: "Working For the Few", OXFAM Briefing Paper, January 2014
http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp-working-for-few-political-capture-economic-inequality-200114-summ-en.pdf
85 people control as much wealth as 3 billion.
Data: Charts and graphs from "The Spirit Level"
Data showing the impact on health outcomes and social stability based on inequality.
Article: "How Inequality Hollows Out the Soul", By Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, NY Times, 2/2/2014
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/how-inequality-hollows-out-the-soul/
There's much more to work than a paycheck.
Article: "For the Love of Money", By Sam Polk, NY Times, 1/18/2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/for-the-love-of-money.html
Is the desire for extraordinary compensation an addiction?
Article: "The Affluenza Society", By James McAuley, NY Times, 12/22/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/opinion/the-affluenza-society.html
Is "affluenza" a legitimate defense against murder?
Article: "How Superstars’ Pay Stifles Everyone Else", By Eduardo Porter, NY Times, 12/25/2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/business/26excerpt.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
What is the "Superstar Effect"?
Article: "In No One We Trust", By Joseph E. Stiglitz, NY Times, 12/21/2013
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/in-no-one-we-trust/
The Nobel Prize-winning economist claims that inequality is destroying our democracy.
Documentary: "Exploring the Psychology of Wealth, Pernicious Effects of Income Inequality", PBS NewsHour, 6/21/2013
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business-jan-june13-makingsense_06-21/
Study: "Higher Social Class Predicts Increased Unethical Behavior"
Paul K. Piffa, Daniel M. Stancatoa, Stéphane Côtéb, Rodolfo Mendoza-Dentona, and Dacher Keltnera
Department of Psychology, UC Berkeley
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/02/21/1118373109.full.pdf+html
Groundbreaking study indicates that as wealth increases, so does unethical behavior.
Article: "Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity", By Ken Stern, The Atlantic, 3/20/2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/why-the-rich-dont-give/309254/
The more wealth is isolated, the less empathetic the wealthy become.
Interview: Kevin O'Leary describes the OXFAM report as "fantastic news" on CBC
Aggrieved one-percenters, in their own words.