Watch this important important documentary about money, power and the American Dream. Park Avenue. It’s part of the Why Poverty? series, a project that uses film and new media to get people thinking about poverty and solutions. Learn more about the series at the Why Poverty?website.
Monthly Archives:: May 2013
The 1 Percent Are Only Half the Problem
By Timothy Noah Most recent discussion about economic inequality in the United States has focused on the top 1 percent of the nation’s income distribution, a group whose incomes average $1 million (with a bottom threshold of about $367,000). “We are the 99 percent,” declared the Occupy protesters, unexpectedly popularizing research findings by two economists, […]
Inspiring Ted Talk by executive Producer Mette Hoffmann Meyer of the international Why Poverty? documentary series and project
Mette Hoffman Meyer is documentary executive at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and executive producer of Why Poverty? Why Poverty? consists of eight documentaries dealing with aspects of poverty. The films were shown around the world in November 2012 on more than 70 national broadcasters. In her talk Mette will focus on the value of asking […]
Where have all the jobs gone?
THOUGH yesterday’s employment report revealed a slowly improving job market, the jobless rate is still elevated, at 7.5 percent, with 11.7 million people looking for work, including 4.4 million who have been doing so for at least half a year. About eight million more were stuck in underemployment (“involuntary” part-timers) last month, unable to find […]
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