It's obviously still a very important song, particularly as US income inequality is higher than it's been for generations. For more, check out this article I'm taking an excerpt from below.
"The U.S., in purple with a Gini coefficient of 0.450, ranks near the extreme end of the inequality scale. Looking for the other countries marked in purple gives you a quick sense of countries with comparable income inequality, and it's an unflattering list: Cameroon, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda, Ecuador. A number are currently embroiled in or just emerging from deeply destabilizing conflicts, some of them linked to income inequality: Mexico, Côte d'Ivoire, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Serbia."
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ReplyDeleteA recent article from Democracy Now: about increasing poverty levels in the U.S.: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democracynow.org%2F2011%2F9%2F14%2Fus_census_reports_reveals_one_in&h=0AQDBIBYDAQA2mFh0tjthL6DBm2acODo5XiMtOiKxHFGi1A
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