New Book Sheds Light on Rallying Cries of Occupy, 99 Percent

New Book Sheds Light on Rallying Cries of Occupy and 99 Percent Movements, and Suggests What We Can Do About Inequality

Published today, 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It, by Chuck Collins, is the first major book on inequality since the cry “We are the 99 Percent” was raised on Wall Street

BOSTON, April 2, 2012 – As the Occupy movement celebrates its six-month anniversary, and as the 99% Spring effort begins training 100,000 activists in nonviolent direct action, and as protests are planned for Tax Day (April 17) and May Day (May 1), a new, super-accessible book about inequality is being published today. In plain language that everyone can understand, the book informs the passion for equality welling up across the country and addresses the key frustrations spurring the current populist moment.

99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It, by Chuck Collins, is straightforward and down-to-earth as it explains the economic realities behind the cry, “We are the 99 percent!” It provides answers to the growing population of everyday Americans who are paying closer attention to this movement, people who are asking:

• Who are the 99 percent?
• Who are the one percent?
• How extreme is inequality in different areas of society?
• How are rules of the economy rigged to benefit the one percent?
• Why is growing inequality hard to stop?
• What can people do break the cycle of growing inequality?
Chuck Collins knows inequality. He is one of the world’s top writers, speakers, researchers, and activists on the rise of inequality in our society and its harmful effects. In 99 to 1, he brings together ideas that have been developed through articles, reports, websites, and street activism to give voice to the thoughts and dreams of the movement.

Collins provides a revealing picture of inequality in all realms of today’s world, including individual wealth and power, corporate wealth and power, media control, political influence, and public health and social well being. He shows how inequality will continue to grow unless policy makers are forced to change direction. And he tells how people and groups are pushing back against inequality and taking action to force the very changes that will reduce inequality and create a world that works for the many and not just the few.

About the Author
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and directs IPS's Program on Inequality and the Common Good and co-edits www.inequality.org, the premier research and commentary web portal on inequality issues. He is co-founder of Wealth for the Common Good, a network of business leaders, high-income households and other partners working together to promote shared prosperity and fair taxation, as well as co-founder of United for a Fair Economy (UFE). Collins has written several other books including, Wealth and Our Commonwealth, which he co-wrote with Bill Gates, Sr. He lives in Boston, MA.
Please visit www.99to1book.org for more information.

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