Which everyday banking mechanism generates billions in massive profit strictly from the poorest customers?

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How today's wealth gap compares with pre-revolutionary France

The richest 1% own more than the middle 60%

Graphing exactly how unequal society's pie gets sliced

Self-made billionaire narrative is largely a beautifully constructed mythological public relations campaign, as recent economic studies consistently show that the vast majority…

In 1965, the average corporate CEO made 21 times more than their everyday workers. What is that jaw-dropping ratio today?

Bank of America, the massive financial institution that practically runs the modern United States economy, was originally founded in San Francisco in 1904 by a man named Amadeo Giannini under the name Bank of Italy.

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