UNEMPLOYMENT

Occupy Wall Street Number Crunch: Is It Really 1% vs. 99 %? [VIDEO]

Protesters march with a large banner outside a Bank of America office at an Occupy LA protest in Los Angeles, California
A new video takes the OWS protest cry we are the 99 percent and examines the numbers behind the movement's message. Who are the 99 and 1 percent, respectively, in America? How does U.S. wealth divide itself, and how did it do so before the financial crisis? The shocking statistics paint a picture even more provocative than Occupy protesters assert, including info on the 0.01 percent vs. the 99.9 percent.

Imperial Overstretch: Is A Bloated Defense Budget Weakening the U.S.?

U.S. Defense Budget
U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, weakening the economy, and, by extension weakening the nation. If it doesn’t substantially cut defense spending, the U.S.’s empire will likely share the fate of two other empires that overspent on the military -- the British Empire and the Soviet Union.
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Euro zone barely grows in Q3, recession looms

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Obama to China: Behave Like a Grown up

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Japan ends recession as quake scars heal; outlook dim

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Japan Q3 GDP rebounds as quake damage heals

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