All Blog Posts Tagged 'Rich' (4)

10 Things Billionaires Probably Don't Want You To Know

Being a billionaire is kind of like being a rock star.

Our money-obsessed society tends to celebrate great wealth as evidence of exceptional talent, innovation or accomplishment. In reality, spectacular fortunes are more likely the result of luck, ruthlessness, cheating, or being in the right place at the right time to exploit an opportunity made possible by the insights and efforts of others…

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Added by UnLearn on May 30, 2012 at 9:11am — No Comments

45 Signs That America Will Soon Be A Nation With A Very Tiny Elite And The Rest Of Us Will Be Poor

Source: The American Dream

The middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in the United States today. America is a nation with a very tiny elite that is…

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Added by UnLearn on April 3, 2012 at 4:04pm — No Comments

Racial wealth gap greatest in quarter century

By Kase Wickman

RAW STORY-If it seems like the consequences of the dire economic climate keep rushing on, that's because they are. A new Pew Research Center analysis of census data shows that the wealth gap between…

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Added by UnLearn on July 26, 2011 at 9:23am — No Comments

Income Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Highest in Decades, Data Show

The gap between the wealthiest Americans and middle- and working-class Americans has more than tripled in the past three decades, according to a June 25 report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

New data show that the gaps in after-tax income between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the middle and poorest parts of the population in 2007 was the highest it's…

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Added by UnLearn on July 9, 2010 at 10:29am — No Comments