Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Our Failed Economic Model


These are telling charts, from the Congressional Budget Office, showing the increasing disparity of income and wealth distribution over the last three decades. The time series above is the most telling of the bunch. Is there any question about what has been wrong with the economy? We are turning into a banana republic. Has there ever been a clearer picture that "top-down" economic theories don't work for those who are not at the top?

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