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Wall Street's Record Bonuses Return: Analysts Predict $30 Billion In Bonuses At Big 3

Bloomberg | Michael J. Moore and Ian Katz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Income Gap, White House, Executive Pay, Income Inequality, Economy, Obama, Capitalism, The Fed, Recession, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Unemployment, Bailout, Tim Geithner, 2009 Bonuses, Treasury, Banks, Bonuses, Kenneth Feinberg, Ken Feinberg, Wall Street Bonuses, Business News

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s investment bank, survivors of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depressio...

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John Varley Defends Bonuses: Profits Are "Not Satanic" Barclays CEO Tells London Church Crowd

Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Income Gap, Executive Pay, City Bonuses, Income Inequality, John Varley, London, Barclays, New York City, Goldman Sachs, Religion, Brian Griffiths, Christianity, Ceo, City Pay, Wall Street Bonuses, Wall Street Pay, Robert Shiller, Business News

The CEO of Britian's second-largest bank became the second of that nation's banking figures to make the case for profits in the house of god, defendin...

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Food Stamps Will Feed Half Of US Kids, Study Says

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: How Many Kids Are on Food Stamps, Welfare, Social Justice, Poverty, Food Stamps, Children, Economy, Parenting, Food Stamp Statistics, Recession, Kids on Food Stamps, Black Children, Usda, Food Research and Action Center, Education, Nutrition, African Americans, Food, Income Gap, US Department of Agriculture, How Many People Are on Food Stamps, Food Stamps Study, Sociology, Food Stamps Data, Poverty Line, Minorities, Politics News

CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...

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Robert Shiller: Address Income Gap, Tie It To Tax Rate (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Income Gap, Recovery, CEO Pay, Executive Pay, Shiller, Housing, Economy, Martin Wolf, Fareed Zakaria, Housing Crisis, Recession, Consumer Confidence, Mortgage, Zakaria, Bailout, Finance, Bernanke, Banks, Bubble, Robert Shiller, Housing Bubble, Business News

The US might be in the midst of a second housing and financial bubble, according to economist and Yale Professor Robert Shiller. Shiller and Financial...

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Income Inequality Needs To be Addressed Now: Financial Times

ft.com | Matthew Slaughter | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Financial TImes, Economy, Income Gap, Income Inequality, Recession, Business News

The financial crisis spurred many policymakers around the world to meet challenges with bold, creative, non-partisan solutions. As the crisis and rece...

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Income Inequality Widens, Poor Take Big Hit During Recession

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Income Distribution, Census, Income Gap, Income Inequality, Economy, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans ...

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Fear and Looting in America: Shouldn't We Let them Fail?

Les Leopold | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Income Gap, Aig, Unemployment, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Obama Administration, Great Depression, Business News
Les Leopold

Obama's policies are likely to fail because they don't get at the real cause: The financial crisis is a direct result of the redistribution of wealth to the very top of the income ladder.

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Every Monday Matters: "Are You Really Going to Read Them Again?"

Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Make Change, Get Involved, You Matter, Make a Difference, Every Monday Matters, Literacy, Importance of Reading, Adult Illiteracy, Income Gap, Reading, Learning, Living News
Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza

61% of low-income families have no books in their homes. Survey your bookshelves and pull out books that you won't read again. Donate them to a local literacy organization, school or library.

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World Now Has 10 Million Millionaires

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Personal Wealth, Income Gap, Wealth Gap, Millionaires, New Millionaires, Business News

NEW YORK — Add an extra zero to the ranks of the millionaires club. The number of people around the world with at least $1 million in assets pa...

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Clinton And Buffett Tout Inheritance Tax, Denounce Income Gap

AP | SCOTT LINDLAW | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Income Gap, Hillary Clinton, Inheritance Tax, Warren Buffet, Business News

Hillary Rodham Clinton made a strong case Tuesday for keeping the inheritance tax in place, saying it is a key to ensuring the United States remains a...

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Income Gap Crisis: Wealth Of America's Super-Rich Greatest In 20 Years

CBS News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Income Gap, Super-Rich, Politics News

Trickle Up economics has just scored its greatest success and it is being covered up. I wonder why. Could it be embarrassment? The Internal Revenue S...

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