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Forum Post: Book Suggestion

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 3, 2011, 9:42 p.m. EST by Vincenzo (47)
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Please consider reading a book by Robert Reich called Aftershock. For those who don't know, Reich served in the Ford and Carter administrations - and more recently - as Secretary of Labor under Clinton. He writes about a lot of the things that OccupyWallStreet are protesting against. For example, he writes that currently, the top 1% make 400 times more income than the rest of us. Now, that may be common knowledge at this point - but you may not know that the last time the income gap was this wide was right before the Great Depression. I think after reading Reich's book, you'll see more parallels between what is going on today with the time of the Great Depression.

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[-] 1 points by GammaPoint (400) from Oakland, CA 13 years ago

Good book, I've read it. I would also recommend 'The Spirit Level'.

[-] 0 points by Duuuuuuude (15) 13 years ago

Well, 400*0 is still 0, so I agree with you there.

[-] 1 points by 200kEducation (15) from Washington, DC 13 years ago

ZING!