99 To 1 How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do about It

Name: 99 To 1 How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do about It
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ISBN: 9781609945923

ISBN-10: 1609945921

ISBN-13: 9781609945923

Edition: 2012

Authors: Chuck Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich

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The focus of the worldwide Occupy protests is creating a world that works for 99% of people and businesses, not just the richest and most powerful 1%. But who are the 99%? Who are the 1%? How extensive and systemic is inequality in different areas of society? What are its causes and consequence? How is inequality changing in our world? And what can be done about it?For many years Chuck Collins has been a top leader in studying, speaking about, and writing about these questions. In this book he brings together in one place, for the first time, information that has been widely scattered in many different articles, reports, and websites. He provides revealing and powerful information about…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.46" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Chuck Collins is the co-director of United for a Fair Economy.



Foreword



Preface


Introduction: We Are the 99 Percent



Coming Apart at the Middle



Who Is the 1 Percent?



How the 1 Percent Rigs the Rules of the Economy



Life in the 99 Percent



The Wall Street Inequality Machine



How Inequality Wrecks Everything We Care About



How Wealth Inequality Crashed the Economy



The Sleeping 99 Percent Giant Wakes Up



Reversing the Inequality Death Spiral



Bold Rule Changes to Break Up Concentrated Wealth


Conclusion: Prospects for Greater Equality


Notes


Resources


Acknowledgments


Index