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Workers’ out-of-pocket health insurance costs to go through the roof?
If employers move to a “defined contribution” model, most likely “yes.”
Brother, can you spare $829 billion?
America’s largest corporations are holding lots of cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments. This viz breaks it down for 2012, 2006, and 2000.
Individual minimum wage versus family poverty threshold
Working at minimum wage earns you less in real terms than in 1968; you're further from supporting your family, too.
Bank profits: not so shabby after all
There has been a lot of reporting in recent weeks about how big banks have fallen on hard times. One would be forgiven for getting the impression that these banks are not doing much better than barely scraping by. But the data tell another story. In 2011, for example, the profits of Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo each exceeded the profits of Google. The average profit from 2005 to 2011 for Apple was less than that for Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo.
Back on top: new data show wealthy recovering more than others
The top 1 percent of families captured 93 percent of total income growth from 2009 to 2010.
