More on Wealth Inequality
Here are links to sites where you can find more about wealth inequality.
www.inequality.org: A web resource dedicated to the topic of wealth inequality.
Economic Policy Institute
National data from The State of Working America 2006/2007: Compare wages and compensation trends, jobs, unionization, family earnings and income trends, and prices throughout the last 50 years.
Jared Bernstein: Wealth Inequality
One percent of Americans control 22 percent of the nation’s wealth. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says a democratic society must address such inequality if it hopes to remain healthy. Are citizens concerned about the gap between rich and poor in the United States? Find out what Jared Bernstein, economist and researcher with the Economic Policy Institute and co-author of “The State of Working America,” thinks about the economic divide and “YOYO” economics.
