Economics for the 99%

Thursday, 05 July 2012 09:42
By The Center for Popular Economics, Truthout | Op-Ed

The Center for Popular Economics of Amherst, Massachusetts, has released a new booklet, "Economics for the 99%," about the questions raised by the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement. That movement has brought about a remarkable change in public consciousness. Before the movement began in September 2011, it was rare to hear politicians or mainstream media discuss problems of growing poverty or income inequality. The movement turned a spotlight on these long-ignored injustices, and it shifted the public conversation. It gave all of us new ways to talk about the economy; OWS turned "the 99 percent" and "the 1 percent" into household terms.