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Tech City Skyscrapers Cast A Shadow of Wealth Over London’s Poorest Neighborhoods
As state-of-the-art buildings belonging to some of the world's biggest, richest tech firms contrast with the child poverty and unemployment outside, it may not be long before London's less privileged residents take action.
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It's Official: The One Percent Are Literally Rich Beyond Measure
The wealth of the most well off people is under-counted because they hide it in tax shelters, keep it in foundations and holding companies, and don’t respond to questionnaires, according to recent research.
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My Party Has Lost Its Soul: Former Clinton Aide Laments Victory for Wall Street Democrats
We yearn for a new politics but worry that our democracy, like that Antarctic ice shelf, has reached its tipping point.
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Foundations, Donors, "Philanthropists" Are Increasing – Not Narrowing – the Wealth Gap
America's foundations and wealthiest donors give only a small proportion of their total donations to local and grassroots organizations – furthering the divide between elite institutions and everybody else.
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As Inequality Soars With Bloated Executive Pay, U.K. Group Demands "Radical Action"
Reporting that CEOs in the U.K. earn 162 times more than the average worker, the High Pay Centre calls on government to put immediate caps on executive salaries.
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Failure of Service: Why the Era of Privatizations Is Coming To a Close
All over the world, publics are beginning to reject the privatization mantra – because the privatizers, it turns out, have a serious problem with their pitch.
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World of Resistance Report: IMF, World Bank, Giant Consultants Admit The Storm Is Coming
In the 80s and 90s they called them "IMF Riots" – but what the biggest international investment organizations and consultants now see happening looks a whole lot bigger.
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Defending the 99%: Why Centrist Democrats Are Losing the Middle
The corporatist, Wall Street wing of the party wants to draw a distinction between inequality and opportunity – but passive-voice populism won’t cut it anymore.
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Raking It All In: America's CEO's Are Living Bigger and Fatter Than Ever
The average pay of a customer account specialist at cable giant Comcast is $13.26 an hour while Comcast CEO Brian Roberts pocketed $31.4 million in 2013 – more than a thousand times that salary.
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World of Resistance Report: Davos Class Jittery Amid Growing Warnings of Global Unrest
Oligarchic interests represented at the World Economic Forum have recently taken keen interest in the potential for social upheaval as a result of mass inequality, global youth unemployment and poverty.