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Occupy Minnesota starts Oct. 7
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/05/11
With the theme of “People before profits” and inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, a similar occupation will start on Friday, Oct. 7 at 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.
Economic Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN, Wall Street
The Rich Get Richer... and Everyone Else Gets Poorer
BY Masao Suzuki | United States | 6/22/11
On June 19th the Washington Post published “With Executive Pay, Rich Pull Away from Rest of America” by Peter Whoriskey. This very informative article connected the rise in corporate executive’s pay with the growing economic inequality in the United States, using the example of a large U.S. dairy company combined with recent research by economists on high incomes. At the same time the article only offered very vague explanations for why the rich are winning out at the expense of almost everyone else.
Capitalism, Economic Crisis, Wall Street
Banks to Get More Bailout Money Despite ‘No’ Vote in House of Representatives
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 2/05/09
When the House of Representatives bowed to popular anger and defeated the Bush administration’s $700 billion bailout bill on Sept. 29, 2008, Wall Street was dealt a stunning defeat.
Bailout, Economic Crisis, Wall Street
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