Wealth Distribution

In 2016, Google CEO Sundar Pichai made a hair under $200 million. He wasn’t the highest paid executive in the US, though. That honor goes to Marc Lore, CEO of e-commerce at Wal-Mart, who pocketed $243.9 million. The average hourly rate for an employee at Wal-Mart is $13, which equates to about $27,000 per year.

• By Guest Contributor
  Mar 2, 2018

When the rich begin to worry that poor people are too poor and that they might be too rich, it is probably a fairly good indicator that society is on the brink of big change.

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 10, 2015

The pope's speech to Congress is going to go badly for Republicans.

• By Michael Luciano
  Feb 5, 2015