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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 01:57 PM Apr 2012

The 1% Bubble



The 2 highest points on the chart just happen to be the 2 years immediately preceding global economic collapses.

Income inequality is driven by bubbles and is itself a bubble of some sort.

As the song "compared to what?" says...

Possession is the Motivation that is hanging up the god-damned Nation
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The 1% Bubble (Original Post) cthulu2016 Apr 2012 OP
Grab all the money and then who buys the goods? Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #1
Sharp things like axes and guillotine blades are good for popping bubbles. chaska Apr 2012 #2
... cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #3

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
1. Grab all the money and then who buys the goods?
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 02:01 PM
Apr 2012

Robert Reich has been saying this for years.

Too clever by halves....

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