It's the Inequality Stupid (Mother Jones) 11 charts tell it all

Eleven charts that explain everything

that's wrong with America.

By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot

Mother Jones 
March/April 2011 Issue

A huge share of the nation's economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an average of $27 million per household. The average income for the bottom 90 percent of us? $31,244.

  Why Washington is closer to Wall Street than Main Street.

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