The world’s scariest graph

Adam Doster

Apropos of my post below, here is a good graphic representation of U.S. household debt in relation to GDP, one that shows how much our economy's growth has relied on credit as opposed to broadly shared wage increases. (h/t Anya Kamenetz)

Adam Doster, a contributing editor at In These Times, is a Chicago-based freelance writer and former reporter-blogger for Progress Illinois.
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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