COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

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Who Ate the Economy?

Take Action for a fair and green economy! http://www.baylocalize.org/whoate

If the U.S. were a pizza party, the wealthiest 1% eats more than one third of the pizza! This video tells the story of what the 99% can do about it.

The US Economy as Pizza Party

If you look at the US economy as a pizza party, not everyone is getting their fair share. How large is your slice? What's it made of?

The economic crisis is an environmental crisis as well. Climate change and dwindling oil drive up prices of basics such as food and energy, causing inflation and deepening the recession.

Bay Localize makes the point that to save the US economy, the 99% has two tasks:

• Re-make the economic pizza with less oil and coal and more fresh, local, organic ingredients, and
• Share the slices differently

Pew Research Center, 2011. Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics. Accessed 10/1/11. Article describes assets included in definition of wealth.

William Domhoff, 2010. Who Rules America? Accessed 10/1/11.

Edward Wolff, 2010. Recent Trends in Household Wealth in the United States. Accessed 10/1/11.