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Behold and Beware Our New 'SWAG' Economy

January 7, 2012

Today's swaggering rich are increasingly stuffing their dollars into investments that do America's 99 percent not one whit of good.

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How Income Inequality Undermines Social Security's Finances

By Daniel Marans

November 15, 2011

A recent study reveals how rising income inequality is jeopardizing Social Security’s finances.

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America's Tilt to the Top: The Deepest Stats Yet

By Sam Pizzigati

October 29, 2011

All sorts of federal agencies publish income inequality data. But only the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office directly takes on America's income inequality deniers.

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The Rich Keep Getting Richer: Pro-Occupy TV Appearance (Alonya Show)

By Richard (RJ) Eskow

October 27, 2011

Here's the clip of a conversation we had yesterday on The Alonya Show about the new CBO report, which provides even more data on the explosion of wealth at the very top of the scale, the injustices driving Occupy Wall Street, and where we go from here.

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Today's Big Idea To Get America Working: Invest In Public Education

By Jeff Bryant

August 17, 2011

I don't think anyone has ever even tried to make the argument that education and jobs are not in any way linked. Big Ideas to Get America Working But the economic argument for education is not well understood even by those -- politicians especially -- who are most apt to make the connection.

So before we demand that political and civic leaders at all levels turn around our troubled economy by increasing investment in public education, we need to get the framing right. You can't blame the bad economy on education. But you can blame education cuts for a bad economy. (Part III of a series.)

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Blaming The Economy's Victims For Economic Crimes

By Dave Johnson

December 21, 2010

Blame the unions, blame the unemployed, blame loans to the poor, blame the government... As income and wealth increasingly go to a few at the top public anger is directed at the economy's victims. more »

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Mourning in America: Death of the Middle Class

By Leo Gerard

November 16, 2010

The deficit commission report issued last week is another Saturday night special pressed to the temple of the American middle class.

“Turn over your money and your benefits or your country will die,” the report screams at workers. “You want your country to go bankrupt? No? more »

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One Decade Down, One Decade Wasted

By Sam Pizzigati

September 19, 2010

The 21st century has opened with a decade that has seen the vast majority of Americans go backwards economically. Just-released Census stats tell that tale — but not the whole income story.

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