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OECD Countries With The Widest Gap Between Rich And Poor

Posted 12.07.2011 | Business
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From 24/7 Wall St.: The widening gap between the rich and poor is not just an American problem. According to a new study by the Organisation for Econo...

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Income Inequality Is Bad Economics

Matthew P. Drennan | Posted 01.14.2012 | Business
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Matthew P. Drennan

To develop a strong economic recovery and avoid another decade of stagnant income, we need a more equal distribution of income that would promote the strong consumption spending required for full employment.

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Real Recovery Means "Just Capitalism"

Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.14.2012 | Politics
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Deepak Chopra

We will fail as a society if panic continues to push us in the direction of unjust capitalism. Some would say that we are already there.

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How to Shop to Boost the Middle Class This Season

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 01.11.2012 | Impact
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Hillary St. Pierre

This year's Occupy Wall St.'s War on Poverty has brought a new form of enlightenment to shopping, and believe it or not, it's possible to shop for the upcoming holidays like an heiress while boosting the middle class.

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I’m In The 1% And I Pray You’ll Tax Me

Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards | Posted 11.11.2011 | Religion
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Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards

I made it a point to be with Occupy Wall Street for a time. With my sign -- "I AM in the 1% PLEASE TAX ME!" -- I asked if I could join the others with signs. They welcomed me.

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Austerity, Debt and the Middle Class: What Europe Can Teach Us

Richard Brodsky | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics
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Richard Brodsky

The first casualty of war is truth, they say. The first casualty of debt is the poor and middle classes, and that is a truth that's just becoming visible.

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How Religion Contributes To Wealth And Poverty

Lisa A. Keister | Posted 01.02.2012 | Religion
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Lisa A. Keister

Religion embodies a great deal about a person's general approach to the world -- their conception about how the world does and should work -- and we are learning that it can shape financial outcomes in surprising ways.

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Alexander Eichler

One Percenters' Income Skyrocketed In Last Three Decades

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.26.2011 | Business
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WASHINGTON -- America's 99 percent are not just imagining it. The gap between the incomes of the rich and poor in this new Gilded Age is strikingly br...

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