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• Inequality growing in Asia; ‘fairly stable’ in the Philippines

  Published: August 13, 2007, 5:45 am

  Tags: The Economy, Governance, Asia, Asian Development Bank, Income Inequality, Philippines

  also come with increasing income inequalities between the rich and the poor, according to a recent Asian Development Bank

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• Risk of disability rises in states with income inequality

  Published: November 13, 2007, 3:56 pm

  Tags: Health, Disability Risk, Income Inequality

  A massive survey conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto reveals Americans living in states with high rates of income inequality are significantly more likely to have a disability that limits the completion of daily tasks such as dressing, bathing and mobility at home.

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• Deregulating the Dream

  Published: November 16, 2007, 8:35 pm

  Tags: America, Caldera, Iran, Iraq, Activists, Army, Bees, Christian, Defend, Deregulating, Deserters, Disaster, Dividends, Educational, Fruits, Gallon, Global, Hate, Illegal, Income, Inequality, Invested, Jail, Lenders, Loan, Morals, Mortgage, News, Opinions

  "Deregulating the Dream America is close to being a 3rd world country when it comes to class and wealth. read more

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• Deregulating the Dream

  Published: November 16, 2007, 8:35 pm

  Tags: America, Caldera, Iran, Iraq, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, University, Warming, Washington, Activists, Army, Bees, Christian, Defend, Deregulating, Deserters, Disaster, Dividends, Educational, Fruits, Gallon, Global, Hate, Health, Illegal, Income, Inequality, Invested, Jail, Len

  "Deregulating the Dream America is close to being a 3rd world country when it comes to class and wealth. read more

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• Can New York Be Too Successful?

  Published: November 28, 2007, 1:10 pm

  Tags: Featured Box, Top Story, Housing Economy, Land Use And Planning, Atlantic Yards, Developers, Income, Inequality, Municipal Art Society, Zoning

  Has the decade-long economic boom in New York City been too much of a good thing? A panel of developers, organized by the Municipal Art Society, debated the question.

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• When Residents Weigh In on Gentrification

  Published: December 7, 2007, 1:47 pm

  Tags: Top Story, Housing Economy, People Neighborhoods, Community Boards, Columbia University, Developers, Gentrification, Income, Inequality, Municipal Art Society

  A panel organized by the Municipal Art Society discussed the subject, "The Oversuccessful City, Part 2: Neighborhood Character in the Face of Change."

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• Income Inequality

  Published: December 19, 2007, 3:40 pm

  Tags: Free Markets, Economy, Politics, Free Market, Income Inequality

  how the distribution of income has changed since 1979 (as a good stats person, I’d like to see the graph go back much further but 38 years isn’t bad). What’s the conclusion: There are even more graphs, including one that shows that really only the top 5% are getting a much bigger percent of the pie, go look. Kevin Drum

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• Disparity in income among Filipino families remains wide

  Published: January 14, 2008, 2:20 am

  Tags: Governance, In The News, Family Income And Expenditure Survey, Income Inequality, National Statistics Office, Philippines

  an increase in family incomes between 2003 and 2006, income disparity among Filipino families only slightly declined, with the richest 10 percent still accounting for more than a third of total family income in the country. Final results of the 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) released by the National Statistics Office

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• Bush outlines his plan to kick start the economy

  Published: January 19, 2008, 6:20 am

  Tags: Dustys Posts, Economy, Energy, Healthcare, Shrinking Middle Class, The Corporotocracy, The Shrub, Greed, Politics, Income Inequality, Recession, Top One Percent, Hourly, And, Weekly, Earnings, Fell, Jackson, Vinton, Counties, The, Economic, Policy, Institute, Real, 1929, Stock, Mar

  As I sat and listened to the Idiot-in-Chief Friday morning, I wondered if he actually believed what he said or just hopes to hell that we believe it. He wants the tax cuts for the top one percent to be made permanent, but the ones he is outlining for the rest of America should only be [...]

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