Occupy Wall Street in Naperville
National coverage of the Occupy Wall Street groups has emphasized the city gatherings. But Occupy Wall Street has even made it to conservative Naperville: About 50 people joined the event, forming a...
View Article“Occupying Naperville 24/7 on Facebook” and “Saturday[s] at 10 AM”
The Chicago Sun-Times has another report on the Occupy Naperville efforts of this past Saturday. While there are more quotes from the participants than the Chicago Tribune report, the last quote in...
View ArticleNew Census data on income inequality by state, metro areas
Based on American Community Survey data from 2005 and 2009 and working on the assumption that “Spatial income inequality is neither intrinsically bad nor good,” the Census has a new report on income...
View ArticleDavid Brooks: blue inequality versus red inequality (exemplified by places...
David Brooks approaches inequality in America a little differently than the 1% vs. 99% of Occupy Wall Street. He suggests that there are two big kinds of inequality and the suburban/smaller city kind...
View ArticleComparing where Occupy Wall Streets protests are versus where the super...
In looking at which metropolitan areas have bigger shares of the top 1% of income earners in the United States, Howard Wial hints at an interesting relationship: are the Occupy Wall Street protests...
View ArticleCensus data shows increase in people living in neighborhoods with...
New Census data shows that the population of the “poorest poor” in America has grown (about 20.5 million Americans), particularly in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty: After declining during the...
View ArticleIn discussion of Occupy Wall Street, McMansions seen as part of the culture war
As part of a larger fascinating discussion about who the members of Occupy Wall Street actually are (the almost-elite versus the elite?), Megan McArdle suggests McMansions are part of the larger...
View ArticleHow much it costs to live in the cheaper suburbs or expensive New York City
Opponents of sprawl argue that while many prospective buyers move further away from work in order to buy bigger yet cheaper homes, there is a cost. One website argues that the each mile closer to work...
View ArticleIncreasing gap in wealth between older and younger generations in America
It isn’t too surprising that older Americans have more wealth than younger Americans but perhaps the bigger story is that this gap has increased in recent decades: The wealth gap between younger and...
View ArticleUpdate on Occupy Naperville
While some of the protests in major cities around the United States have seemed to lose some steam, Occupy Naperville is still operating and has its own website. Beyond the initial news coverage, there...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street to occupy Black Friday?
There is a report that some Occupy Wall Street protesters want to take the movement to national retailers on Black Friday: Some demonstrators are planning to occupy retailers on Black Friday to protest...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street to move into foreclosures?
As Occupy Wall Street moves forward, here is one of the next steps is to move into foreclosures: Occupy Wall Street has left the street and gone legit. They’ve rented office space in the Financial...
View ArticleColumbia anthropology class about Occupy Wall Street
I’m sure this new anthropology class at Columbia about Occupy Wall Street will get a lot of attention: Columbia University will offer a new course for upperclassmen and grad students next semester. An...
View ArticleAcademics flock to research the Occupy movement
A New York Times article suggests a number of academics have seized the opportunity presented by the Occupy movement to not only teach about but also research the protests: “This thing just erupted so...
View ArticleWhatever happened to Occupy Naperville?
After seeing a few stories about the renewed Occupy Wall Street effort yesterday in a number of global cities, I wondered: what happened to Occupy Naperville? A few updates: 1. From the Occupy...
View ArticleLeader in Texas adverse possession movement hasn’t been successful yet
The adverse possession advice being peddled through a Texas man’s website and e-book hasn’t exactly worked out yet: If you direct your browser to 16dollarhouse.com and plunk down $9.97 for an e-book,...
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