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Income and Wealth Inequality
Today, we live in the richest country in the history of the world, but that reality means little because much of that wealth is controlled by a tiny handful of individuals. The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great economic issue of our time, and it is the great political issue of our time.
https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/
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Wealth inequality in the U.S. is 10 times worse than income inequality - Fortune
A new study shows that the gap in the wealth that different American households have accumulated is more exreme than any at time since the Great Depression
http://fortune.com/2014/10/31/inequality-wealth-income-us/
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Wealth Inequality in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wealth inequality in the United States (also known as the wealth gap) refers to the unequal distribution of assets among residents of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States
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Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America
Why hasn't wealth inequality improved over the past 50 years? And why, in particular, has the racial wealth gap not closed? These nine charts illustrate how income inequality, earnings gaps, homeownership rates, retirement savings, student loan debt, and lopsided asset-building subsidies have contributed to these growing wealth disparities.
http://apps.urban.org/features/wealth-inequality-charts/
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What The 2016 Presidential Candidates Talk About When They Talk About Inequality
For all the talk from both sides of the aisle, we have the makings of another mostly meaningless election buzzword.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3049762/solving-inequality/what-the-2016-presidential-candidates-talk-about-when-they-talk-about-ine
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Income Inequality Emerges As Key Issue In 2016 Presidential Campaign - LA Times
Twenty-two months ahead of the 2016 election, the nascent presidential campaign already has a leading issue: the economy's failure to produce rising incomes for the middle class.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-campaign-income-20150205-story.html
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How Income Inequality Factors Into the 2016 Campaign - Washington Wire - WSJ
Peter D. Hart: Public opinion about income inequality differs from the negative feelings about Wall Street and big business.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/18/how-income-inequality-factors-into-the-2016-campaign/
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The Bernie Sanders Plan to Fix Income Inequality - May. 21, 2015
2016 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is offering the most aggressive - and some would say radical - plans aimed at ending income inequality.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/21/news/economy/bernie-sanders-income-inequality-2016
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2016 and Inequality: Will Election Bring Reform or is it Business as Usual? - Rethinking Prosperity
So far there appears to be one topic that has captured the 2016 election: income inequality. For many years, the American middle class enjoyed prosperity and growth, buoyed by the compelling ideology of the American Dream.
http://rethinkingprosperity.org/2016-and-inequality-will-election-bring-reform-or-is-it-business-as-usual/
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How the Widening Wealth Gap Is Empowering the Populists of 2016 - Bloomberg Politics
Politicians to the far left and right are sounding populist themes not heard since the Great Depression.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-04/how-the-widening-wealth-gap-is-empowering-the-populists-of-2016
