From: Fault Lines
The top 1%
With 1% of Americans controlling 40% of the country’s wealth, we examine the gap between the rich and the rest.
Who can fix the US economy?
With high unemployment and widening inequality, the US 2012 presidential hopefuls are battling over financial strategy.
15 Dec 2011
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