UNDERNEWS: Economic data

2020

Word: The American economy
Hunger in the US
Nearly two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck during pandemic
1% of Farms Control 70% of Global Farmland: Study
Facts About Small Businesses in America

Robert Reich

—13 million Americans are unemployed
—12 million have lost their health care
—30 million are at risk of eviction
—8 million have fallen into poverty

—12 million total Covid-19 infections

1% of Farms Control 70% of Global Farmland: Study
Economists say no evidence that unemployment benefit disincentivises work
1% of Farms Control 70% of Global Farmland: Study
Affordable housing resources for renters
Affordable Housing Resources for Renters (Source: https://www.chamberofcommerce.org/affordable-housing-resources#the-problems-of-unaffordable-housing)
50 Richest Americans Worth as Much as Poorest 165 Million

2019

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II The 140 million poor & low-wealth people includes: 52.2% or 39 million children (below 18), 41.9% or 21 million elders (above 65), 42.6% or 65.8 million men, 45% or 74.2 million women. 60.4% or 26 million Black people, 64.1% or 38 million Latinx people, 40.8% or 8 million Asian people, 58.9% or 2.14 million Native/Indigenous people, 33.5% or 66 million white people. Poverty & low-wealth is a crisis in America.
59% of Americans living pay check to pay check
How Canada got its lowest poverty rate in history

2018