Williams College
Professor of Economics at Williams College, and an expert in tax policy who studies income inequality
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Jon Bakija
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FROM Jon Bakija
Which Way, L.A.?
If We Are the 99 Percent, Who Is the 47? New York's Zuccotti Park has little vegetation. It's mostly sleek black ledges and an odd red sculpture. But one year ago yesterday a movement began there which centered on issues of income inequality, under the slogan "We are the 99%." Last night over a hundred protesters were arrested on Wall Street to mark the movement's first anniversary.
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If We Are the 99 Percent, Who Is the 47? New York's Zuccotti Park has little vegetation. It's mostly sleek black ledges and an odd red sculpture. But one year ago yesterday a movement began there which centered on issues of income inequality, under the slogan "We are the 99%." Last night over a hundred protesters were arrested on Wall Street to mark the movement's first anniversary.
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