Thursday, September 6, 2012

THE COLD HARD FACTS

Richard Wilkinson:

How Economic INequality Harms Societies



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http://www.ted.com : We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

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What happens when TRUTH leaks onto CORPORATELY
OWNED and CONTROLLED TV?
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised;
Dylan Ratigan spoke more of this TRUTH on MSNBC - and has since been LET GO.