Vast Income Inequality Has Its Fans
When each new economics report comes out telling us that the extremely rich have again taken more of the pie and more of the people who do the work are falling into poverty, Wall Street's paid apologists go on TV and lend pithy quotes to columns for the Wall Street Journal.
These apologists are wrong but they manage to hide behind a lot of manipulated data. It isn't unfair to compare their song and dance to one of those three card monte tricksters on street corners, the guys who always win your money. The very rich always win because they use the same kinds of tricks. The money gets manipulated out of working people's pockets into the pockets of the people who win the game. Is it still theft when it's billions of dollars instead of tens and twenties? Let's just say it's complicated enough that it's harder to prosecute. The New Republic's Timothy Noah and Jonathan Chait and economist Brad Delong explain it much better than I do.
MarketWatch: The rich continue to get much richer while everyone else is poorer.
Business Insider: The middle class was losing ground even when the economy was good.
Business Week: the social contract is unraveling in developed countries because of extreme income inequality.
From the Guardian: looking at the data. It isn't pretty, unless you are one of the handful of lucky winners. Imagine a lottery that rewarded winners with money stolen from you...
Think conservatives are pro family? This Guardian writer says "think again".
If you think poverty is all right as long as you have your health, consider that the poorer you are the shorter your lifespan. This BBC report shows this is even true in the UK where access to healthcare isn't restricted to people of means as it is in the US. Is this pro-life? No, it's only pro-life for the wealthy.
The Atlantic has the charts and graphs. Having had personal experience with their rigorous fact checking department I know they are reliable.
Want to see where the big money is? Look here, at the website of the Paris School of Economics.
These apologists are wrong but they manage to hide behind a lot of manipulated data. It isn't unfair to compare their song and dance to one of those three card monte tricksters on street corners, the guys who always win your money. The very rich always win because they use the same kinds of tricks. The money gets manipulated out of working people's pockets into the pockets of the people who win the game. Is it still theft when it's billions of dollars instead of tens and twenties? Let's just say it's complicated enough that it's harder to prosecute. The New Republic's Timothy Noah and Jonathan Chait and economist Brad Delong explain it much better than I do.
MarketWatch: The rich continue to get much richer while everyone else is poorer.
Business Insider: The middle class was losing ground even when the economy was good.
Business Week: the social contract is unraveling in developed countries because of extreme income inequality.
From the Guardian: looking at the data. It isn't pretty, unless you are one of the handful of lucky winners. Imagine a lottery that rewarded winners with money stolen from you...
Think conservatives are pro family? This Guardian writer says "think again".
If you think poverty is all right as long as you have your health, consider that the poorer you are the shorter your lifespan. This BBC report shows this is even true in the UK where access to healthcare isn't restricted to people of means as it is in the US. Is this pro-life? No, it's only pro-life for the wealthy.
The Atlantic has the charts and graphs. Having had personal experience with their rigorous fact checking department I know they are reliable.
Want to see where the big money is? Look here, at the website of the Paris School of Economics.
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