US Wealth Gap

Obama Calls Income Inequality 'The Defining Issue Of Our Time'

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.25.2012

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The president has the wealth gap on his mind. Obama identified the need for a level economic playing field as "the defining issue of our time" in h...

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Wealth Gap Between Young, Old Americans Is Widest Ever

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 01.07.2012

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WASHINGTON — The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn...

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