Publication

2012-09-08 - Independently Published

Language

English

Word Count

88,000 words, Guess

Page Count

352 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL27607698M
  • ISBN-139781478294801
  • ISBN-101478294809
  • Amazon1478294809
  • Goodreads16213090
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  • The StoryGraph68c942f8-608c-4790-9969-31725985423a

Description

Beginning in 2009, a major recession swept across the United States with record numbers of American families finding their homes going into foreclosure and unemployment rates continuing to climb. Despite this dramatic downward slide in the economy, by 2010, the number of billionaires in America rose by 8%, and by 2011, with the economy continuing to struggle, the collective net worth of the Forbes 400 richest people in the United States increased from $1.37 trillion to $1.5 trillion. Mr. Baker's book, "Greed in the Numbers Don't Lie", brings to light the true significance and inherent injustice of the disproportionate wealth that is possessed by a tiny fraction of our society. He accomplishes this by means of simple but indisputable mathematical computations that transform the practically incomprehensible abstraction of a "billion dollars" into concrete and easily comprehended terms.

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