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"In October 2005, three Citigroup analysts released a report describing the pattern of growth in the U.S. economy. To really understand the future of the economy and the stock market, they wrote, you first needed to recognize that there was “no such animal as the U.S. consumer,” and that concepts such as “average” consumer debt and “average” consumer spending were highly misleading. "

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"من بين الحشود المحتجة فى شوارع مصر، تطالب بالعدالة الاجتماعية منذ اندلاع الثورة، يوجد عشرات الآلاف ممن ينتمون لفقراء مصر الذين أصبحوا يشكلون ربع المجتمع المصرى 25%، ولم يتغير النظام فى رأيهم لأن سياسات مبارك الاجتماعية لا تزال قائمة، تبعا لتحليل تقرير مركز الأهرام للدراسات الاستراتيجية عن «حالة الفقر وتوزيع الدخل فى مصر»."

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Social inequality in wealthy nations is increasing while in parts of the developing world many diseases are on the wane, Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization said Monday.

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The world economy may still be in the doldrums, but global wealth continues to grow, hitting an all-time high this year of $231 trillion, according to a new global wealth report from Credit Suisse.

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A recent report from Congressional Budget Office shows a huge increase in the income of the richest 1 percent. Elizabeth Schulte reports.

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In the midst of the Occupy protests, the income gains going to the top 1 percent have gotten a lot of attention. Another way to understand the economic frustrations of the Occupiers is to look at how much middle-class living standards have changed, and how much the overall economy has grown.

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"Increasing inequality in the United States has long been attributed to unstoppable market forces. In fact, as Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson show, it is the direct result of congressional policies that have consciously -- and sometimes inadvertently -- skewed the playing field toward the rich."

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THESE are the worst of times for workers, and the best of times for companies. At least that is one way to read the newly revised national economic statistics.

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أشارت احصاءات صدرت اليوم الجمعة أن دخول الشريحة الأعلى دخلا في فرنسا ارتفعت بوتيرة أسرع من المتوسط في الأعوام الثلاثة حتى 2007  مما يذكي الجدل الدائر حول الاعفاءات الضريبية للأغنياء.

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Better paying jobs aren't enough to ensure women's economic stability, according to a new study. For black women and Latinas in particular, a focus on bridging the "wealth gap" rather than the pay gap may make the most sense.

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مؤخرا نشرت مجلة "فوربس" الأمريكية التصنيف الدوري لأثرى أثرياء العالم. ووفقا لنتائج عام الأزمة المالية 2009 اتسعت قائمة أصحاب المليارات من 793 إلى 1011 شخصا، فيما ازداد إجمالي ثروتهم مرة ونصف من 2.4 إلى 3.6 تريليون دولار.

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If you like to think of America as The Greatest Country on Earth, and you’d rather not examine its claim to that title too closely, “The Spirit Level” will not be your favorite new book. On nearly every one of its 250-plus pages, a stark, unflattering graph shows the USA topping the charts among developed countries for some social ailment: drug use, obesity, violence, mental illness, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy.

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اعترف عثمان محمد عثمان - وزير التنمية الاقتصادية - أن المستفيدين من ارتفاع معدلات النمو المتنامية في الفترة من 2005 و2008 لم يتخط عددهم 8.3 مليون شخص، في حين سقط 6.5 مليون في براثن الفقر ووقعوا تحت خطه وهؤلاء أطلق عليهم الوزير الفقراء الجدد.

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For every dollar of goods and services produced in the US in 2009, American workers saw only about 55 cents. Globalization and a lack of support for unions in Washington are contributing factors.

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