{"product_id":"99-to-1-chuck-collins-9781609945923","title":"99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do about It","description":"For over thirty years, we've lived through a radical redistribution of wealth--upward, to a tiny fraction of the population. It's as though we're undertaking a bizarre social experiment to see how much inequality a democratic society can tolerate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a result \"We are the 99%,\" the rallying cry of the Occupy movement, has spread far beyond its ranks. But who are the 99 percent? Who are the 1 percent? How extensive and systematic is inequality throughout society? What are its true causes and consequences? How is inequality changing in our world? And what can be done about it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For many years Chuck Collins has been a leading voice and activist on these questions. In this book he marshals wide-ranging data from a variety of sources to paint a graphic picture of how disparities in wealth and power play out in America and the world. For the first time, this book reveals the concrete meaning of \"the 99% and the 1%,\" looking not just at individual households but at the business world, the media, and the earth as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Collins identifies the shifts in social values, political power, and economic policy that have led to our current era of extreme inequality--particularly the way Wall Street has managed to rig the rules of the game in favor of the 1perecent--and surveys the havoc inequality has wreaked on virtually every aspect of society. But there is hope. Not only does he offer common-sense proposals for closing the inequality gap, but Collins provides a guide to many of the groups--including some made up of millionaires--that are working to bring about a society that works for everybody: for the 100 percent. This is a struggle that can be won. After all, the odds are 99 to 1 in our favor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609945921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609945923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berrett-Koehler Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.56w x 0.46d","brand":"Chuck Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938765406463,"sku":"9781609945923","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a7bdf956-f01f-42b9-b58d-dd1b32ea35ad.jpg?v=1681437590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/99-to-1-chuck-collins-9781609945923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}