STATS OF THE WEEK – Of the world’s 200 richest people, Bloomberg News estimates, at least a third “control part of their personal fortune through an offshore holding company” or other entity that helps make income more difficult to tax. – “The U.S. economy has recovered for households with net worth of $500,000 or more, a new study shows. The recession continues for almost everyone … Continue reading GPJA #461 (part 3 of 3): International news and analysis

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle, Duwamish (1780-1866) Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. … Whatever affects one directly, affects … Continue reading GPJA #460 (Part 2 of 2): International news and views

STATS OF THE WEEK Gun deaths in the U.S. in 2011: more than 11,000; in Japan that year, seven. From foreign terrorism in the U.S. that year: 0. “What should shock and outrage us is that as the top 1 percent has grown extremely rich, the effective tax rates they pay have markedly decreased. ” Joseph Stiglitz, A Tax System Stacked Against the 99 Percent, … Continue reading GPJA #459 (Part 3/3): International news and views

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 456, March , 2013 STATS OF THE WEEK Viral Video Shows the Extent of U.S. Wealth Inequality http://mashable.com/2013/03/02/wealth-inequality/ QUOTES OF THE WEEK “I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.” Malala Yousafzai, young … Continue reading GPJA #456 (Part 2/2): International news and analysis

STATS OF THE WEEK Incomes rose more than 11 percent for the top 1 percent of earners during the economic recovery, but not at all for everybody else, according to new data. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/business/economy/income-gains-after-recession-went-mostly-to-top-1.html Facebook is getting a multi-billion-dollar tax cut for paying co-founders like Eduardo Saverin, who renounced his U.S. citizenship to avoid paying income taxes on his capital gains…income he made from stock options … Continue reading GPJA #455 (Part 2): International News & analysis