Tag: Occupy Wall Street

Wall Street protests echo researcher’s findings on growing income gap

Wall Street protests echo researcher's income-inequality findings

October 7, 2011:

Emmanuel Saez, a UC Berkeley economist, received a 2010 MacArthur “genius” award for his research on the growing income gains of super-wealthy American households and the parallel income erosion of the other 99 percent of the nation. In a Q & A, Saez talks about the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, in light of his work.

UC Berkeley economists contribute to just-released “Occupy Handbook”

April 17, 2012:

UC Berkeley economists contribute to the literature about and understanding of the Occupy movement,

I School prof’s word of the year for NPR: occupy

December 8, 2011:

Berkeley linguist Geoffrey Nunberg picks “occupy” as the word of the year for National Public Radio’s Fresh Air show with Terry Gross, because it “has actually shaped the perception of important events.”