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joseph stiglitz: quotthe price of inequality: how today039s divided society endangers our futurequot
Bookmarked 708 weeks ago democracynoworg - several months before occupy wall street the nobel prize-winning economist joseph stiglitz wrote quotof the 1 by the 1 for the 1quot an article for vanity fair he returns to the subject in his new book looking at how inequality is now greater in the united states than any other industrialized nation he notes that the six heirs of the wal-mart fortune command wealth equivalent to the entire bottom 30 percent of american society quotit039s a comment both on how well off the top are and how poor the bottom arequot stiglitz says quotit039s really emblematic of the divide that has gotten much worse in our societyquot on tuesday bloomberg news reported that pay for the top ceos on wall street increased by more than 20 percent last year meanwhile census data shows nearly one in two americans or 150 million people have fallen into poverty or could be classified as low-income quotthe united states is the country in the world with the highest level of inequality of the advanced industrial countries and it039s getting worsequot stiglitz says quotwhat039s even more disturbing is we039ve also become the country with the least equality of opportunityquot to watch the complete weekday independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast search our vast archive or to find more information about democracy now and amy goodman visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt |
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bill moyers journal holly sklar on wages and work pbs
Bookmarked 749 weeks ago http:wwwpbsorgbillmoyers holly sklar co-author of raise the floor: wages and policies that work for all of us discusses what current economic conditions say about the state of the american dream airs friday june 13 at 9pm on pbs check local listings for more: http:wwwpbsorgbillmoyers |
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lifelong republican joins occupy monterey
Bookmarked 738 weeks ago i met karen ford a self-described lifelong republican at an occupy monterey rally on saturday november 5 quoti have felt increasingly over the last 15 or 20 years that my beloved country and my beloved party have been more or less hijacked and aren039t standing for the same things as they used toquot when do you ever hear her voice in the national media |
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white privilege in home ownership and wages is real
Bookmarked 325 weeks ago most republicans will tell you that they dont believe in white privilege i have family members that laugh at me when i suggest that its true but this week a report was released by lending tree on home ownership numbers it found that there is a home ownership gap in every metro area across the us this means that with all other factors being equal white people own more homes than all other minorities combined and that039s because they make more money ltbrgtltbrgtread the full article at: http:alderinwritescomwhite-privilege-in-home-ownership-and-wages-is-real |
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039down to me039
Bookmarked 585 weeks ago https:wwwyoutubecomuserhiltonmusicukvideos - this new song from hilton music uk is a wake-up call against global poverty and inequality the gap between rich and poor gets wider each year quotwe blame it on 039the others039 it039s the way life039s meant to be nobody wants to be the one to say it039s down to mequot |
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039maybe we just have to vote these people out039
Bookmarked 706 weeks ago virginia voter nancy arnold: quotmaybe we just have to vote these people outquotfor more on vote 2012: http:wwwpbsorgnewshourtopicpoliticsdo you read or write a language other than english help the newshour translate the election: http:bitlyazh5hf |
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land of the free home of the poor
Bookmarked 750 weeks ago more: http:wwwpbsorgnewshourbbbusinessjuly-dec11makingsense_08-16htmlfinancial gains over the last decade in the united states have been mostly made at the quottippy-topquot of the economic food chain as more people fall out of the middle class the top 20 percent of americans now holds 84 percent of us wealth as paul solman found out as part of a making sene series on economic inequality |
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richard wilkinson: how economic inequality harms societies video on tedcom
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago ted talks we feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong richard wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health lifespan even such basic values as trust |
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european report on development: post-2015
Bookmarked 664 weeks ago the european report on development erd 2013 seeks to contribute to the global reflection on the post-2015 development agendabased on an assessment of the millennium development goals experience and on an analysis of the changing international context and likely trends for the next 20-30 years the erd 2013 looks at key potential drivers of a post- 2015 global partnership to tackle poverty in the poorest countries and promote structural transformation in an inclusive and sustainable manner to view multimedia news release go to http:wwwmultivucommnr60634-ec-post-2015-sustainable-future-plan |
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tear gas used on occupy protesters in oakland
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago police in riot gear have clashed with more than 1000 protesters attempting to march on to oakland039s city hall to condemn arrests made at an quotoccupy wall streetquot campwitnesses say the police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds away from a plaza in oakland039s business districtmeanwhile an iraq war veteran is in a critical condition as he was hit on the head with a projectile fired by the policeal jazeera039s kimberly halkett reports |
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what the 99 percent are fighting for: three reasons there are two americas
Bookmarked 739 weeks ago the 99 percent movement is spreading and their gripes are legitimate how did we get to a place where the richest 1 percent of americans control 40 percent of the country039s wealth own 50 percent of us-owned stocks and bonds and earn 24 percent of total income where the middle class is shrinking to the point that the share of income going to the middle 60 percent of americans fell five percentage points in the last 30 years and where many millionaires pay less in taxes than their employees in this video the center for american progress identifies three factors that contributed to the creation of two americas one for the top 1 and one for the rest of us |
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america039s one percent will make more than all of us combined
Bookmarked 318 weeks ago next year 2021 will be the first year in the history of the united states where the top 1 of americans earn more than the rest of the 99 im not talking about the upper class of americans earning more only the top 1 they earn more than the poor and middle class combined if left unchecked this extreme imbalance of power will lead to world warltbrgtltbrgtread the whole article at: http:alderinwritescomthe-top-1-earn-more-than-the-rest-of-us-combined-blame-corporate-pirates |
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01-12-12 6 - incoming with lizz winstead - countdown with keith olbermann
Bookmarked 729 weeks ago 01-12-12 6 - incoming with lizz winstead - countdown with keith olbermann |
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01-13-12 6 - help from above with jamie kilstein - countdown with keith olbermann
Bookmarked 729 weeks ago 01-13-12 6 - help from above with jamie kilstein - countdown with keith olbermann |
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iraqi women039s basketball team - riseabove
Bookmarked 703 weeks ago traveling the world finding the best global sports stories about amateur athletes that039s what the new rise above documentary series by jordan brand does in the first installment the filmmakers travel to iraq to meet 20-year-old leylan who stars on an all-female basketball team at the american university of iraq sulaimani the significance because of the long history of gender inequality in leylan039s home country men interviewed on camera say the believe a woman039s role is in the home yet in spite of the cultural divide leylan and her teammates are pursuing a passion learning empowerment and camaraderie as they go they show that in the end they are trying to rise above |