Upper Class

Clash Warfare

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Jacob Hacker, Lower Class, Charles Murray, Class Warfare, Upper Class, Andrew Kohut, American Dream, Pew Research Center, Middle Class, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

"Clash warfare" may appeal to a minority, but it does nothing to respond to the economic and social concerns of the majority of Americans. For them, class warfare is not the issue -- fairness and opportunity are.

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The Great Thing About Having Been Poor

Bill Maher | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Obama Super Pacs, Election 2012, Obama Election 2012, Super PACs, Money Super Pacs, Money, Upper Class, Middle Class, Money News
Bill Maher

If you grow up in America, it's pretty rare if you don't love money. One of the first things I ever remember being punished for was stealing money. Five dollars, off my father's dresser.

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Airline Teaches Whispering For Its Calming Effect

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Airline Whisper Coaches, Virgin Atlantic, Upper Class, Airlines, Whisper Coaches, Virgin Whisper Coaches, Travel News

It was already known that Virgin Atlantic had the hottest flight attendants, but how about the quietest? Crew working in the airline's Upper Class cab...

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Notes From a Party for Rich People

Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Latinos, Matt Taibbi, U.S. Economy, Latino, Class Warfare, Wealthy, Rich People Things, Class Jealousy, Economy, Middle Class, Economic Crisis, Hispanic, Class Envy, Ritzy, Hispanics, Upper Class, Wealthy Americans, Wealth Gap, Rich People, Lower Class, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Wall Street, Homelessness, Wealth, Great Recession, Occupy Wall Street, Homeless, Economic Recovery, Wall Street Bonuses, Aluminumadores, Rich People Economic Crisis, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

The aluminumadores in my neighborhood at least try to maintain some kind of dignity in spite of their humiliating circumstances. Contrast that with what I witnessed at the upscale party, where a wealthy man groveled and whined just to get his friends inside.

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Take My Wealth, Please: One Percenters Who Fight For The 99 Percent

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: 99 Percent, New York Mercantile Exchange, Video, Common Good, Institute for Policy Studies' Program, Robert S. Halper, Dailyfinance, Ows, Middle Class, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, Upper Class, Business News

By Bruce Watson AOL Daily Finance Occupy Wall Street is slowing down a bit as winter sets in, but the conversation it inspired is still gaining m...

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Explaining The Roller Coaster Ride Of The Super Rich

WSJ | Robert Frank | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Volatility, Debt, Video, Wealth, Booms, Busts, Top 1 Percent, Volker Recession, Technology, Upper Class, Jonathan A. Parker, Business News

By Robert Frank of the Wall Street Journal The Saturday Essay on the rise of the "High-Beta Rich" and growing volatility of the 1 percent generat...

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Six Reasons Americans Fall Out Of The Middle Class

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Education, Downward Mobility, American Dream, Middle Class, Economic Groups, Pew Charitable Trusts, Race, Upper Class, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Seems as though the American Dream is just that — a dream. If you were born into a middle class family, there is a high chance t...

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We Had an Agreement: The Results of Being Played

Kenneth Kales | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Government Bailout, Classism, Upper Class, Tarp, Recession, Economy, Middle Class, June Unemployment, June Unemployment Issues, Business News
Kenneth Kales

We the people were heroic in rescuing so many Type A's and their financial sectors. I say heroic only because our act now seems selfless. It wasn't supposed to be that way. We had an agreement.

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Ex-Obama Adviser: Tax Raises Makes More Sense Than Spending Cuts

New York Times | Christina D. Romer | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: CHRISTINA D. ROMER, Social Security, Economy, President Obama, Government Spending, Economic Recovery, Medicare, Democrats, Upper Class, David Romer, Republicans, Journal of Economic Literature, Tax Increases, Business News

The Republicans who walked out of budget negotiations the other week think they know the answer. They insist that higher taxes would threaten our frag...

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Top-Level Professionals View 40-Hour Work Week As Part-Time: Report

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Unemployment, 40 Hour Work Week, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, Full Time Jobs, Employment, Part-Time Jobs, Economic Recovery, Work-Life Balance, Work-Family Balance, Upper Class, Overtime, Business News

Over the last thirty years, the majority of Americans have started working longer hours while earning less, according to a recent report by the Center...

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Wealthy People Have Harder Time Detecting Others' Emotions: Study

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Tax Cuts, Emotions, Education, Wealthy, Income, The Rich, Psychological Science, Michael Kraus, Upper Class, Business News

Rich people don't choose to be rude. They simply can't help it. Affluent people -- in terms of income, social status and education -- have trouble de...

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Capitalism Uber Alles: How the American Working Class Got Brainwashed

Myriam Miedzian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Wall Street, Income Inequality, Third World America, Middle Class, Upper Class, Capitalism, Wealth Gap, Bush Tax Cuts, American Workers, Politics News
Myriam Miedzian

Why do so many working class Americans hold such detrimental false assumptions about their place in American society? Why this disconnect between self-interest and voting patterns?

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Investigating the Liberal Rich

David Callahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Billionaires, Wealth, Upper Class, Liberals, Ideology, Books News
David Callahan

Three years ago, amid a housing boom and surging stock market, I signed a contract to write a book about America's upper class. I didn't know exactly ...

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Consumer Spending Up, But Off Balance: Affluent, Not Middle Class Spending More

Los Angeles Times | Don Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clothing, Mortons, Economy, Middle Class, Jobs, Cars, Retail, Delinquent Payments, Upper Class, Rich, Mercedes, Nieman Marcus, Luxury, Department Stores, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Business News

Increased consumer spending has fueled hopes that the current economic recovery will keep getting stronger, but behind the encouraging numbers is a li...

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More Americans Worried They're Fall Out Of Middle Class: POLL

ABC News | Gary Langer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Class Standing, Income Inequality, Economy, Middle Class, Main Street, Upper Class, Middle Class Voters, Recession, Business News

A bit fewer than half of Americans count themselves as middle class -- but many of them aren't sure how long it will last: Among people who say they'r...

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Madoff's Chief Feeder Fund Exec Shamelessly Sails the Seas in His New $30 Million Yacht

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yachts, Upper Class, Fairfield Greenwich Advisors, Bernie Madoff, Economic Crisis, Andres Piedrahita, Yacht, Business News
Vicky Ward

I have unwelcome news of Andres Piedrahita, the brash Colombian chief shareholder of Fairfield Greenwich.

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Recession: We're All in This Together, Part 2

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Recession Fears, Recession, 2008 Recession, Nursery School, Economic Recession, Preschool, Job Losses, Middle Class, Personal Loans, Family Budgeting, Parenting, Upper Class, Layoffs, Recession Anxiety, Bailout, Embarassment, Asking for Help, Healthy Living News
Olivia Rosewood

Perhaps we could take a lesson from the prosperous: don't be ashamed to ask for money. There's nothing shameful about taking care of yourself and your family.

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26 Not-So-Bad Things About The Bad Economy

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Hedge Fund Managers, Venture Capitalists, Bad Economy, Banks, Brazilian Waxes, Fake Fur, Baby Name Trends, Green Living, Upper Class, Republican Party, Rich People Economic Crisis, Cash, Bottled Water, Style News
Pamela Redmond Satran

No need to hunt down the most distinctive artisanal cheese: Your new gastronomic thrill will be finding pork at 49 cents a pound. Agonizing over whether to get divorced? Don't bother, you can't afford it.

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Upper Class Pillaging

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Corporate Responsibility, Wall Street, Economy, Middle Class, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Obama, Obama Middle Class, Upper Class, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Barack Obama, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

Warren Buffet says, "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."

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