The Great Recession in pictures
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has produced a useful feature called The Legacy of the Great Recession, which presents some of the key features of the current situation in pictures. Above is a chart showing the estimated effect of the Recovery Act on employment.
It’s also worth contemplating an older article, from September 2009, entitled Top 1 Percent of Americans Reaped Two-Thirds of Income Gains in Last Economic Expansion.
