Sarah Strnad

99% v 1%: the data behind the Occupy movement - animation

It has been the one of the rallying cries of the Occupy movement for the past two months - but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich gotten? This video explains what the key data says about the state of American economic inequality today.  This video is from my favorite British newspaper, The Guardian.

(Source: Guardian)