A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

Our latest roundup of key money and politics reporting. This week: Karl Rove raises millions and 15 actions Obama could take to stem the flow of money in politics.

A political journalist argues that most money spent early on in political campaigns, particularly on television ads, is probably wasted.

The connection has been "confirmed by many different studies by different investigators over different time periods."

Economists and journalists share their reactions to Thomas Piketty's book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

The flaw in Thomas Piketty's book is that it is not a tour de force of theory, enabling mainstream economists to ignore its powerful message.

Polls show that living wage hikes and paid sick leave bills are popular. So corporate lobbyists have found a workaround.

The Nobel prize-winning economist tells Bill that America is on the road to becoming a society controlled by those with inherited wealth, like "Gordon Gekko's son or daughter."

An heir to Alexis de Tocqueville's tradition of analytic history, economist Thomas Piketty has a message that could not be more different.

Informed by data, economist Thomas Piketty evaluates — and rejects — a number of generally accepted conclusions in economic thought.