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- At Last: A Final Report Card on the Ronald Reagan Years
- Our current economic meltdown may finally have ended the era that began when Ronald Reagan became President. Now a new study from the Congressional Budget Office helps us understand the inequality that has us melting. We explain.
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- America's
Greediest: The 2008 Too Much Year-End Top Ten
- Has any year ever
showcased greed as dramatically as 2008? We sift through the avarice to
bring you the highlights and lowlights — and a little hope for a less
greedy 2009. Our complete top ten list.
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- The
Story Behind Nelson Rockefeller's Deepest, Darkest Secret
- In our staggeringly
unequal times, the source of Rocky's distress can offer the rest of us
some welcome public policy inspiration. We have more on
how mid-20th century America cleaned up the “filthy rich.”
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- From
Wall Street to Silicon Valley, Rough Times for the Really Smart
- If you’re rich, our
wealthy would have us believe, you must be smart. And if you’re really
rich, then you must be even smarter. Maybe even as smart as Hank
Paulson. Or Jerry Yang or Vikram Pandit or any other suddenly suspect
top exec. The story.
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- Every week, Too
Much offers stats, research, and analyses
that help explain how massive income and wealth divides are impacting
everything from our health to our happiness. See for yourself. Check
the current
issue, then subscribe
today.
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| Stat
of the Week
If the CEOs of America's top 200 publicly traded companies make as much this year as they made in 2007, the last year with data available, they will, on average, make more in one day of 2009 labor than the average American worker will take home for the entire year. Annual top 200 CEO pay, at last count, averaged $11.7 million.
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Quote
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“We don’t need super rich, not when that money is needed to take care of little kids in pre-school, and there’s no money for pre-school. No, we need a radical change in the tax structure.”
Howard Zinn, Boston University historian,
interviewed on Democracy Now,
January 2, 2008
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