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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Henry Blodget Explains the OWS:

CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Business Insider, Henry Blodget, posted four interesting charts in an attempt to explain what the Occupy Wall Street folks are angry about:

1. Unemployment is at the highest level since the Great Depression

Unemployment Rate

2. At the same time, corporate profits are at an all-time high

Corporate Profit After Tax

Corporate Profit As A Percent Of GDP

3. Wages as a percent of the economy are at an all-time low.


Wages As Percent Of GDP

4. Income and wealth inequality in the US economy is near an all-time high


wealth and inequality

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