2022
Key U.S. Poverty Rate Falls to Record Low
68% approve of labor unions, highest since 1965
US Inflation Hit 9.1% Over the Past Year, Highest Rate in 4 Decades
Stocks Suffer Worst First Half of a Year in More Than 50 Years
Inflation rose 8.6% in May, highest since 1981
US Facts -
Total wealth among the American middle class — meaning the middle 20%
of income earners — grew from an inflation-adjusted $5.4 trillion in
1990 to $10.2 trillion in 2021. However, their share of US wealth fell
from 12% to 7%.
Best and worst state economies
Wage Gap Between CEOs and US Workers Jumped to 670-to-1 Last Year
81% of Democrats and 71% of Republicans say CEOs of the largest companies are paid "too much,"
How the American middle class has changed in the past five decades
Wealthiest Americans pay just 3.4% of income in taxes
Fewest Americans collecting unemployment benefits since 1970
Unemployment Number Hits 50-Year Low at 1.4 Million
Working at home
Zillow: Record number of U.S. cities have home listings that top $1 million
Inflation soared 7.9% over last year, biggest spike since 1982
Decline in a great deal of public confidence by jobWhy more Americans than ever are starting their own businesses
2021
New Year Brings Minimum Wage Hikes To 21 States
Wage
inequality continues to grow
Some
facts about co-ops
The ratio of CEO-to-worker pay was 21-to-1 in 1965 and
61-to-1 in 1989. Today it's 351-to-1
Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom rental
Americans Quitting Jobs At Highest Rate Since 2000
Working 55-hour week increases risk of death: UN
Corporate tax rates
US Suffers Sharpest Rise In Poverty Rate In More Than 50 Years
U.S. economy had its worst year since WWII, shrinking 3.5% in 2020
The Economy Does Much Better Under Democrats. Why?
Food stamp spending rose 50% last year
11 US cities are piloting Universal Basic Income programs, with more to come
US suffers highest rise in poverty rate in over 50 years
55 US Corporate Giants Paid $0 in Federal Taxes in 2020
Word: The American economy
Hunger in the US
Nearly two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck during pandemic
Facts About Small Businesses in America
1% of Farms Control 70% of Global Farmland: Study
Economists say no evidence that unemployment benefit disincentivises work
Affordable housing resources for renters
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
- The Commerce Department announced that the country’s trade deficit last year was the biggest in US history. It’s $891 billion for merchandise, $621 billion when the service sector is added in, and $419 billion with China alone. Each is a record. The Post reports that the overall number tops the previous record of $838 billion in 2006.
2018
Aid to needy families increases, but still below 60% of poverty line
A third of renters insecure about food
Billionaires made more money in 2017 than ever
The case for economic degrowth
Finland's experiment in universal basic income
An audit of poverty in the US
Work requirements for food stamps costly and ineffective
Food stamps lead to a better life
People support "public assistance" but dislike "welfare"
The revival of the Poor People's Campaign
The anti-cash movement
- Capitalism
- Rewriting history to justify greed
- The road to fascism gets shorter
- The effects of extreme capitalism
- Confessions of a vision impaired stakeholder with dubious management practices embarking on an ill-defined mission
- Cooperatives
- How to start a business cooperative
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- Corporations
- Labor
- Money
- How's your GDP today?
- Printing money
- Alternative currency
- What banks, academics, the media and politicians don't tell you about money
- Reforming the money system
- Media and groups
- Gar Alperovitz
- Dean Baker
- Center for New Economics
- Ctr for Economic & Policy Reseach
- Dirt Diggers Digest
- Economic Policy Institute
- Economy in Crisis
- Fed Up
- Greg Kaufmann
- Kick It Over
- Naked Capitalism
- Off the Charts
- Real World Economics Review
- Red Neck Revolt
- Rethinking Economics
- Robert Reich
- Steady State Economy
- Talk Poverty
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