Coming apart at the middle -- Who is the one percent? -- How the 1 percent rigs the rules of the economy -- Life in the 99 percent -- The Wall Street inequality machine -- How inequality wrecks everything we care about -- How wealth inequality crashed the economy -- The sleeping 99 percent giant wakes up -- Reversing the inequality death spiral -- Bold rule changes to break up concentrated -- Conclusion: prospects for greater equality
Summary
"We are the 99%" is the rallying cry of millions of people involved in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. This is the first book to pull together in once place detailed information about the 1% and the 99% in all realms of society, the causes and consequences of this deep inequality, and what can be done about it. Chuck Collins has long been one of the world's top writers, speakers, and activists on this topic
